Industry committee  Thank you. Mr. Katz, I want to go back to a submission that was made on behalf of the Canadian intellectual property law scholars, of which you were a signatory. One of the recommendations was on open access to scientific publications. Are researchers amenable to that recommendation?

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do appreciate the opportunity to speak to this. Our hearts certainly go out to the people of Oshawa. I know that in Whitby there are many organizations that contribute to the ecosystem that is a part of the GM ecosystem much more broadly. Mr. Chair, as the member for Oshawa has said, the news is hopeful; there has been no allocation of new product, but that can still change.

Industry committee  We've had some testimony from previous witnesses who said that the royalty rate for semi-interactive and non-interactive webcasting for copyrighted works in Canada is almost 11 times lower than the equivalent rate in the United States. To Google or to Spotify, does the Canadian rate constitute fair and equitable compensation for creators?

Industry committee  The royalty rate is, yes.

Industry committee  Is it the same with...?

Industry committee  At the beginning, Mr. Price said a number of points, which he gave all companies across the board some credit for. He said that you guys have really good companies, but the percentage that was allocated to creators was 0.000-something; I can't remember how many zeroes he used. Do you have any rebuttals or comments to some of the statements that Mr.

Industry committee  Do you help them with that?

Industry committee  Thank you very much. I'll focus my questions on Google and Spotify. First I'll go to you, Mr. Schmidt, because I'm a premium Spotify user. A few months ago, my subscription went up two dollars. I'm sure a lot of people's subscriptions went up two dollars. Do the two dollars go toward paying royalties to Canadian creators?

Industry committee  Ontario.

Industry committee  Okay. You said that you started in Canada in 2014, right? Why did it take so long?

Industry committee  Can you explain what that means?

Industry committee  Can any member of the opposition access Statistics Canada data?

Industry committee  Is there any pressure from any politician to access the collected data from Statistics Canada?

Industry committee  Is there—

Industry committee  Can Statistics Canada be compelled to share identifiable personal information with CSIS?