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Bill C-11 committee  Precisely.

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  But in our view, it is the most important factor. That's really what our amendment would propose.

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  I'll let Greg jump in as well, but I think the CCH case was a very specific case about a very specific kind of content with a very specific role that the publisher played in that instance. Our concern with CCH is that it does not make the primacy of the market first and foremost

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  They said that the commercial prospects for a work can be harmed, and it can still be concluded to be fair. That's what we feel—

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  In reality we decided that I would focus on that part of the market and Mr. Nordal would focus on the K to 12 sector, but there are significant differences from a digital perspective, which we can address if that's of interest.

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  I'm not quite sure I follow the logic.

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  That's right.

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  That's true. Undoubtedly in certain categories we have bigger markets to serve in the lower levels of post-secondary and introductory years, for example, bigger markets, higher enrollments. That's where a lot of our money is made, and it allows us to publish in more niche areas a

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  That's right.

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  Our principal concern is that, as currently worded, the definition of education is too broad. Our principal concern is that it would allow a much broader interpretation of how our commercial product could be used in an educational setting, in a way that perhaps undermines our opp

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  It can be, yes, and we make that available to end-users as well.

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  We certainly do, and we've seen that already. We have a line of our business called Create, where higher education institutions can use a given textbook and excerpt specific parts of that product as they see fit for their particular purposes. They can do that digitally. They can

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  Thank you.

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail

Bill C-11 committee  Absolutely.

March 6th, 2012Committee meeting

David Swail