Industry committee  Could you ask the question again? Sorry, I missed part of it.

Industry committee  I believe it could have a negative effect. The thrust of the point I was trying to make earlier is with respect to determining to what extent the problematic spam and other issues are emerging from Canada vis-à-vis the rest of the world and to what extent we can take effective me

Industry committee  Essentially, one of the challenges we find with the existing implied consent regime is that it is defined by these narrow notions of the existing business relationship, existing non-business relationship. And as much as having a bright line test, where you clearly know if you're

Industry committee  I agree.

Industry committee  To your point—and actually, this is the core of our concern on this—what the bill is currently proposing just goes far beyond that. It requires not only that you have to obtain some form of consent, which as you mentioned is not of itself unreasonable, but it actually forces you

Industry committee  I'll respond, because the Entertainment Software Association of Canada is actually the trade group for the Video Game Association. We appreciate your support, Mr. Masse.

Industry committee  To give just a quick response, we concur entirely with that notion. It raises a very valid point. It also goes to what Mr. Copeland was saying about the percentage of spam that is actually coming in from abroad as a percentage of total spam. Clearly, everyone acknowledges the s

Industry committee  If the intention of the bill is to prohibit forms of malware that discourage reliance on electronic means of carrying out commercial activities, the sweeping prohibition goes far beyond what would be required and would have the potential of doing considerable damage to the develo

Industry committee  Thank you very much, Chris. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to reiterate the CIPC's support for the objectives of the bill. The Minister of Industry has clearly signalled that strengthening Canada's digital economy is a top priority for Canada and that encouraging reliance on