Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  No, it hasn't.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Several rights holders have emerged over the last 10 or 11 years that keep adding to what was already being paid. You're right, the output has always been the same. As I said before, I was paying 3.2%, and now I'm paying just under 9% in various rights. Various collectives have c

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  It's exactly the same. It's exactly the same transmitter. It's exactly the same process.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  I'm dating myself a little, but when I started out in radio, we played 45s. Often the 45s would get scratched, so we'd have to get the record company to send us another one, which they were always happy to do. Sometimes we'd get three or four of them. We eventually started copy

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  I can answer that. As an owner-operator, I can tell you that when I bought the first radio station I owned, as I said, in 1975, we were paying 3.2% to SOCAN. It was one collective at the time. This past year, I paid just under 9% to all the various collectives. I've just about t

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Of the $21 million in that reproduction cost, $16 million of it goes to foreign record labels and foreign right holders. There's an overhead cost of over $1 million. Really, what stays here in Canada is about $3.5 million. I know that what the honourable members are talking abo

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Different automation systems that we use, different computers, format the music differently in the way they compress it onto the hard drives. They might send it in a format that is not compatible with the automation system the radio station is using, so we have to transfer it fro

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Yes. Private broadcasters are pleased with Bill C-32, and we're hopeful that this committee will work together to pass it. I thank you for the opportunity.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Thank you. Thank you for having me here today. My name is Paul Larche. I'm the owner and president of Larche Communications. I've been working in the radio industry since 1975, starting in Timmins, Ontario. I was also a part-time musician early in my career and owned a recordin