Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  I think that's a fair assumption.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Again, you're talking about the consumer. I'm talking about the documentary filmmaker.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  My response is that you have the opportunity now to build that mechanism into the bill. I would suggest that this is a good time to do so.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  You mentioned consumers. I'm speaking on behalf of documentary filmmakers. We're coming at it from the creator's perspective.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Yes.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  There has to be a way to access it.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  We feel that it's curbing the very craft we're trying to develop. If you can't have the tools of your trade because you can't access the raw material, how are you going to exercise your craft?

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  That's correct.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  That's the very essence of the material that documentarists work with. Generally, if they are making a documentary that takes the form of a criticism, they will have to cite certain works. In certain cases, we have literary works and authors cite other authors. We are not questio

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, thank you very much for the opportunity of presenting our views today. My name is Lisa Fitzgibbons. I am the Executive Director of the Documentary Organization of Canada, or DOC, and with me is my colleague Cameron McMaster. DOC speaks