Bill C-11 committee  Yes, we are next to each other, and we are all concerned about the education of young people. On the one hand, the people who pay for the rights are in favour of the bill; on the other, those who reap the benefits, in other words, the return on their investment, are against it. I

Bill C-11 committee  We have heard that sometimes one page from a manual is used in the classroom and that this would be fair. But it would also be fair to compensate the writer and publisher that created the material, even though it is only one page. In education—which is what interests me—authors

Bill C-11 committee  It would be more than $6 million.

Bill C-11 committee  It would be around $11 million, in the first year. We are talking about writers and publishers, but also the education system. In the short term, you won't feel the effects because you'll be able to use the existing material. It has been developed and will be relevant for a cert

Bill C-11 committee  The Fédération des commissions scolaires du Québec thinks, as do we, that the provisions of this bill jeopardize the development of future educational resources.

Bill C-11 committee  Yes. It would also serve the education of Canadians in the future.

Bill C-11 committee  Aline is right: publishers represent the research and development of the education departments in the country. If there were a single most important thing one could do to improve this bill, it would be to leave out the word “education” from the fair dealing exception in section 2