Industry committee  Thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to testify.

Industry committee  I would have no objection to that. Just from past experience, not specifically on this piece of legislation, but traditionally, it's not the legislation that causes an issue; it's sometimes the regulations and wording within regulations that support the legislation. Then the ne

Industry committee  Maybe it will come to you as I answer. In answer to your question, I think that should suspected counterfeit goods be apprehended at the border, I absolutely think that it should be the importer trying to import them into the jurisdiction that must incur any costs and any penalt

Industry committee  The only comment I have on that is, as I'm sure you know, Canada is currently negotiating with the United States a Beyond the Border strategy that was announced by Prime Minister Harper and President Obama. As part of that overall agreement, there is a pilot project right now in

Industry committee  It would work in reverse as well.

Industry committee  Yes, I can hear you. Can you hear me?

Industry committee  In very short order, the difference between Canada and the United States right now is simply that the United States does have a process at the border to question, stop, and scrutinize any kind of trademarked product, whereas in Canada, as long as the goods are described appropria

Industry committee  There are a number of jurisdictions that have some sort of process set up at the border to safeguard against counterfeits entering into the country. The United States, of course, being our largest trading partner, has a process in place. While their process is probably well known

Industry committee  My overall concerns are with that and the constraints that I understand Canada customs is currently dealing with.

Industry committee  I would have to agree with that. I'm not personally aware of any sort of jurisdiction that's taken a remarkable lead in this area. It's a problem. I think just Internet law overall is something that's still in its infancy in a lot of jurisdictions, including both Canada and the U

Industry committee  I really do, as long as we can get those details right and how it operationally happens at the frontier points. None of my members expressed any concern about customs officers having undue power or being expected to become trademark experts. Those aren't the concerns we're heari

Industry committee  I do think the world is never perfect. Will it completely exclude every single circumstance? No, I don't think that's realistic. Will it cut down significantly on the number of counterfeit products finding their way into legitimate supply chains? Yes, I think it will—the caveat b

Industry committee  The fact that it’s known internationally, I don't think serves us well.

Industry committee  In order to explain that, I'll quickly do a compare-and-contrast of an import coming into Canada versus an import going into the United States. For an import coming into Canada with any sort of trademark or brand name associated with it, it shows up at the border and is.... I'll

Industry committee  Thank you very much for inviting me to speak today. I'm also here to advocate in favour of this particular piece of legislation, not unlike my counterpart from Canada Goose. I.E.Canada represents a number of different Canadian companies, in fact over 500 companies, and I'm heari