Finance committee  At the best of times, Canadian book publishers are incredibly challenged by the structure of our marketplace. The market is dominated by international titles that are imported into the market. Given American media, which Canadians have access to, the bestseller lists often look t

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think that with a lot of the themes that have come up through the questions—there were all different sectors—the challenges are shared. With regard to the discussion around policy change versus funding support, for our industry, we really need both. We ne

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you for the invitation to present to you today. The Association of Canadian Publishers, ACP, represents 115 Canadian-owned, English-language book publishers. Along with our francophone counterparts, we are responsible for 80% of the new books writ

Canadian Heritage committee  The short answer is yes. Export is incredibly important to Canadian publishers operating in this market. In terms of Canadian education and the types of books you were speaking about earlier, those regional perspectives and unique Canadian stories, those are books that.... Some w

Canadian Heritage committee  The answer to the first part of your question is no. Books play a central role in our culture, in global culture. Readership studies show that Canadians are reading at rates comparable to more than 20 years ago, which is good news from our perspective, given the number of media t

Industry committee  Australia has a statutory licence in place. All schools are licensed. That rate is negotiated between the educational institutions and the sector. The current rate for K-to-12 schools, just as an example, is close to $17 per full-time equivalent. That rate has been in place since

Industry committee  They have a reciprocal agreement with Canadian copyright collectives. Some of the revenue Glenn mentioned earlier that is coming to Canadian rights holders from foreign sources would come from Australia if Canadian content is being used in those schools.

Industry committee  Yes. There's a rate for the equivalent of K-to-12 schools here, and then a rate for post-secondary institutions.

Industry committee  They do. Fair dealing for education is in place, but in a licensed context.

Industry committee  If I might also quote from Broadview's submission. Leslie Dema, the president, says: The rise of copying as a substitute for the purchase of original works has caused a steep decline in Canadian sales revenue at Broadview Press. 55% of our revenue came from Canadian sales in 20

Industry committee  They're from submissions to the Copyright Board and assessments of the tariff. Again, these are evidence-based, real copies made in Canadian institutions, and that has not changed in the last five years.

Industry committee  Is this the study that our association commissioned?

Industry committee  That study was commissioned by our association to look at opportunities for Canadian publishers delivering content through learning management systems at the K-to-12 level. The scope was much broader than that as we got started on the research and quickly found out that it would

Industry committee  For a long time Australia has had a comprehensive licence that includes print and digital uses. It is a negotiated rate between the education sector and rights holders. We want to emphasize the content, regardless of format, and the Australian model addresses that quite elegantly

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and members of the committee. My name is Kate Edwards, and I serve as executive director of the Association of Canadian Publishers. I'm joined by Glenn Rollans, ACP president and co-owner of Brush Education, an independent publishing firm based in Edmonton.