Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. Mr. Déziel proposed that citizens could deliberately add $1 to their Internet access package so that the money goes directly to the artist. The political challenge is to ensure that Internet service providers contribute to improving the remuneration of artists, but that the

Canadian Heritage committee  That's very good. Thank you. You're absolutely right. As Mr. Nantel said, there are 29 points in the RAM platform. The three points I will address here today, and the most important, I think, are points 7, 8 and 9 in my brief. Point 9 talks about extending the private copying

Canadian Heritage committee  I just wanted to wrap by saying that these figures are not only laughable, but that they are also the result of a favourable contractual situation and a favourable copyright situation because we self-produce, we write all of our songs, and we have a favourable contract with our l

Canadian Heritage committee  If I may, I will start with this table.

Canadian Heritage committee  During my presentation, I didn't specify certain things, because I didn't have the time. However, there is a kind of premise. Before I get to these figures, I want to explain to you that we own the full copyright on our songs. For this, we can take a look at the chart. Those who

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a maximum, yes. However, since we do the producing ourselves, we receive half of the 50% for production. Our share is 75%.

Canadian Heritage committee  Indeed. And we're in a favourable situation, but the figures I mentioned don't really represent the situation of all artists. We do our own producing and write all our songs. As a result, we have a larger share of the pie. We are in a licensing structure. As I mentioned, we produ

Canadian Heritage committee  I know that Australia has started taxing streaming companies, which eventually will put money back into the system. That debate is raging on in Canada at the moment. As for the participation of Internet service providers, I unfortunately cannot give you specific examples. Howeve

Canadian Heritage committee  That said, I feel that we are witnessing a global movement, given that, at the same time, the music industry is changing all over the world. That change is happening very quickly. In my opinion, it is also an opportunity to be part of this kind of global U-turn in favour of bette

Canadian Heritage committee  Honourable committee members, good morning. My name is David Bussières. I am a singer-songwriter and member of the Alfa Rococo duo. I am also the founder and spokesperson of the Regroupement des artisans de la musique (RAM). I would like to begin my speech with a fairly real an