It is essentially a financial problem. The universities have decided to save money on the backs of rights holders. There is no other way of seeing it. In most of the countries with which Canada does business, copyright is respected. I would clarify that when I talk about the situation in Canada, I am talking about Canada with the exception of Quebec. In Quebec, the provincial government has always upheld copyright. Universities and educational institutions in Quebec continue to pay their royalties.
Frankly, outside Quebec, royalties have disappeared. We have trouble understanding why universities, that promote intellectual creation, do not support this. Just like patents and any invention that is made in research laboratories, intellectual production should be valued. So it's a matter of saving money.