Canadian Heritage committee  With respect to the term extension, with what it costs my fellow publishers to even import catalogues or to constantly have these conversations with our colleagues around the world about the imbalances for us, it's the icing on the cake. It's incredibly important for our members.

Canadian Heritage committee  I believe on our end it's also term extension, only because a country like Mexico is at 100 years and we are still at 50.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd like to defer this to Ms. McGuffin.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Margaret. Thank you, committee members, for conducting this review. As Margaret mentioned, I serve on the Canadian Music Publishers Association board of directors. I'm also the founder and president of CYMBA Music Publishing. I am a music publisher and I am also a s

Canadian Heritage committee  My lyrics have been recorded in 13 different languages in over 20 countries around the world, with sales of my creations exceeding 30 million units in many different countries. One of my biggest successes was writing the lyrics, creating the melodies, and doing voice-overs for th

Canadian Heritage committee  Strong copyright protection promotes the underlying purposes of copyright law and provides tangible economic benefits by increasing the resources available to music publishers—like me—to invest in the new creation of new Canadian songs and Canadian songwriters. I know this first-