Mr. Speaker, Canada is participating in the international copyright negotiations that are going on in Geneva under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization. This is normal. I am sure the hon. member would not expect that we would do other than participate in these discussions.
I am sure he is also aware that in the case of many of these agreements, Canada does not necessarily sign on. For that matter, if agreements were entered into at an international level that required obligations on the part of Canada which were inconsistent with the provisions of our copyright law and to which we wished to subscribe, then of course we would present the appropriate legislation to Parliament.