Industry committee  We see primarily the flood coming through the mail system, and there is probably less inspection of mail parcels than there is of commercial packages in commercial containers. It was only when one or two officers observed that many packages of 10, 20, 30, or 40 jerseys were going

Industry committee  What I might be able to do is to echo Chris's remarks about enforcement. We find the remedies or the tools that are available to us civilly, and even through the respective acts, very weak and in need of a lot of shoring up and support and momentum from all groups across the coun

Industry committee  Just to support some of Chris's comments, we see that pipeline through the Internet coming from overseas as a primary source of jerseys. We've worked closely with the criminal intelligence analytical unit from the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre in North Bay. They have a project in pl

Industry committee  I'd first like to respond by saying education is always important, and we continue to educate as many consumers and other participants in the supply chain as possible. We have colleagues through the Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network, etc., who do a public education campaign, a

Industry committee  The jerseys are generally found in bona fide retailers. We wouldn't have jerseys in discount retailers or at flea markets. The channels are relatively protected to try to ensure we're providing bona fide retailers with bona fide product. We would see a lot of counterfeit product

Industry committee  Just to clarify, we estimate that we intercepted about 20% of the jerseys we thought came into the country. That was based purely on the information we received from the RCMP and the Canada Border Services agents about how many packages were entering the country through the mail

Industry committee  I have one more paragraph, if I could, Mr. Chairman.

Industry committee  Counterfeiters are not regular day-shift workers. Officers need to be able to contact authorized brand representatives at any time to validate and assist with the situation at hand. We look to support the exchange of information and intelligence on a national basis for our partne

Industry committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair, honourable members, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you very much for inviting Hockey Canada to participate this morning in the standing committee's study of the intellectual property regime in Canada. Hockey Canada is the country's national sport organizati