Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  It should eventually become technology-neutral, but we're still in the mire of having technologies needing to be assigned—

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  As the CPCC, the Canadian Private Copying Collective, presented to you last week or the week before, maybe even last month, when they brought their paper forward, the intent is solely digital audio recorders. We're going baby steps, incrementally, as all we have currently are recordable blank CDs, digital audio recorders, created solely for the purpose, nor has the CPCC requested the--

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  I'm not saying it is currently technology-neutral, but wouldn't that be an ideal place to work toward?

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  We're sticking with MP3 players, and that next baby step will be adequate at this time.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Yes, we do see this as an absolute, outright attack on all collective licensing. It will reduce existing revenue streams already flowing to artists, let alone lack protection in the future.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Well, that's a very intriguing question. I think there are sufficient flaws embedded throughout all of Bill C-32 that you'd have to have a more holistic approach to fix it all. It's not as if the creators' rights and artists' rights are in just some few aspects of the bill; they are embedded in every part of the bill.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  I concur 100%.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Number six is reproduction for private purposes. Compensation must be attached to format shifting and reproduction for private purposes so that income can continue to flow to artists, regardless of how media develop. The existing private copying levy must be modernized so that it applies to digital devices developed, manufactured, and marketed to copy music.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Thank you so much. Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. My name is, as reported, Ferne Downey. I'm a professional actor and the president of ACTRA. With me today is Stephen Waddell, ACTRA's national executive director. We support the goal of this bill to make it easier for Canadians to use technology to access contents any time, anywhere.

Canadian Heritage committee  Our position is status quo. What we got is an appropriately balanced mix. That's ACTRA's position: no change.

Canadian Heritage committee  In answer to your first question, yes, and it is possible. When you have as your ultimate goal the creation of good, high-quality Canadian content, you can make anything happen that you need to happen. That's my simplistic high-level overview.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. My name is Ferne Downey. I'm a professional actor and the national president of ACTRA. With me today is Joanne Deer, ACTRA's director of public policy and communications. I'd like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to speak on behalf of our 21,000 professional performers in film, television, sound recordings, and radio and digital media who live and work in every part of our country.

Industry committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair and committee members, good morning. My name is Ferne Downey, and I am an actor and the national president of ACTRA. Today with me is Stephen Waddell, our national executive director. Thank you for having us here today and for giving us this opportunity to speak on behalf of 21,000 performers in film, television, sound recordings, and radio and digital media who live and work in every corner of our country.

Human Resources committee  No. No, sir.

Human Resources committee  This is all new to our members. We've never had any ability to poll our members. This all came to us, actually, very late in this process. The members came to us with open interest in this program.