Finance committee  —and that's an aspect of the worry for the federal government of which we've been critical.

Finance committee  First, with regard to our Library and Archives Canada, the consequences of what's happening there, exacerbated by the most recent budget, are very serious indeed. Every industrialized country has a national library and a public archives. Ours is in great danger. The public archiv

Finance committee  I would certainly second what Mr. Rainer said with regard to the importance of early childhood education. The evidence is overwhelming for that being one of the most important investments. Also, it's the investment in proper social housing. It's a desperate problem in this count

Finance committee  I most certainly am. Since 2007, the real contribution of the federal government to the three federal granting councils has fallen in real dollar terms; that is, they're receiving less today, in real dollar terms, than they received in 2007. I have a letter for—

Finance committee  If they're saying that's fine, then we simply disagree with them. We happen not to think it's fine. At a time when every member of Parliament in this room would acknowledge the importance of research for Canada's future, the fact that this government is funding our granting counc

Finance committee  As we are. So there's a difference of viewpoint.

Finance committee  You're asking for our viewpoint, and I'm sharing it.

Finance committee  So there is a dilemma for us in what to recommend to you, given that there are so many aspects. At the very least, I would echo the recommendation of my colleague that the bill needs to be broken up so that there is proper opportunity for parliamentarians, for experts and organiz

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee. We welcome the opportunity to appear before you. I'm here representing the Canadian Association of University Teachers. We're a federation of faculty associations at 124 universities and colleges across the country, representing about 68,000

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  One of the things that's concerned me in the discussion is this continued polarization of creators and users. Our organization is probably the largest organization representing authors of books in the country. We had to wrestle with all of the issues before you in developing ou

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Actually, I'd ask Paul, who is our person who focuses on the U.S. legislation, to answer that. He could do that more completely than I could.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  I want to start off by saying that we actually take exception to your comment that we don't respect culture and we're not advocating for culture. A significant number of novelists in this country as well as painters and playwrights are members of ours. Our members are engaged in

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  I'd like to first respond to your initial question. As I indicated in my brief opening remarks, we don't expect that there will be a significant cost savings as a result of the inclusion of education under fair dealing. We expect any difference would be minimal. It could go up;

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair. I'd like to thank you and the committee for the opportunity to appear before you today. The Canadian Association of University Teachers represents 65,000 academic staff at more than 120 universities and colleges across the country. Our members include bo

Finance committee  We were looking, in the figures we quoted, at the transfers to the provinces for funding post-secondary education. I don't know if my colleague, David Robinson, wants to elaborate on that.