Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  I think I have to put something on the table. There have been two...well, in fact, one book and another major report published in the last two to three years that very definitely include a lot of information about the difficulties ARR has caused in other countries. Nowhere in a

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

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

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  We have to be realistic and say that the recession has not helped it, by any means. The Canadian art market is always fragile because we simply do not have the population to support the number of artists we have. So for those of us who work to promote the work of artists, it's ve

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  As I said in my paper, on a secondary market sale, the commissions would range up to and no more than 20%, sometimes less than 10%, simply because those are the auction commissions. So it's not the 50% that has been bandied about.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  That's on secondary market sales, because effectively the art dealers are acting as brokers between a buyer and a seller. You just finished saying this is between artists and art dealers, and I do take exception to that. What we are saying is, effectively, art dealers and aucti

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Thank you very much.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Good morning. My name is Patricia Feheley, and my colleagues and I represent the Art Dealers Association of Canada. We would first like to thank the chair and the honourable members of the committee for inviting us to appear today. The ADAC is the only national association repre