Industry committee  You're not a bad guy.

Industry committee  Go ahead, sir.

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just on that, Ms. McLaughlin, can you talk a little more about what kinds of exemptions you need? Again, speak from your own personal experience about what your radio station might entertain, but also generally. There might be a gap or a need that can be ad

Industry committee  Many parliamentarians aspire to be a minister, but I think the argument could be made for not wanting to be a minister when you see the variety of a market in which you have big, small, and tiny radio stations and you're supposed to regulate all of them. Where would you say that

Industry committee  Sure.

Industry committee  I can appreciate that. It's just that as parliamentarians we also have to wrestle with where that line in the sand is, and then we pass it over to the minister, who then has to make that same deliberation with his or her officials, so I appreciate that. Going back to the resale

Industry committee  To be fair, there are new venues for people that enable them to get their works out. I appreciate that it may be one element. I'm sure many others could be pointed out. I'd like to go over to the Art Dealers Association. In your briefing note, you point out specifically that vis

Industry committee  I'll go back to CARFAC. Last Monday, we had a witness here talking about the ARR. I can agree that some might question the idea, and I asked some questions about practicalities. Being able to authenticate that someone's artwork is their own—that it hasn't been purchased by anothe

Industry committee  I appreciate that intervention. We should be looking to see what the practice of others is. In the Canadian context, you spoke earlier of exploitation of artists. We know that in certain industries, such as diamonds internationally, there are a lot of concerns about exploitatio

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to thank all of our witnesses for their testimony today and for their expertise in helping us do a proper job of reviewing the Copyright Act. I'm going to start with CARFAC. I know you had some very firm views on the artist's resale end of things. W

Industry committee  There is more money being generated, but the median income of the artists themselves—particularly painters, sculptors and other visual artists—has decreased. What do you put that down to?

Industry committee  To reiterate some of the things my colleague has said, there has been an agreement in principle. We can't say when ratification will come from our end or the American end. However, we've made an agreement in principle with our largest trading partner and ally. We operate more in

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just again, for the people who are watching this, the motion is specific. It says: That to assist in the review of the Copyright Act, the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology requests Ministers Freeland and Bains, alongside officials, t

Industry committee  I do realize that, but you come to a parliamentary committee with a suggestion, so I would hope that you would be able to speak to some of these things. It will be the government that will have to enforce this resale right between different brokerages and different auction hous

Industry committee  I have a family member who has passed away, and I still have his artwork at my office. Your argument sounds very attractive, but then again, how does government institute something that is fair to everyone? Being practical is not a side issue. If you cannot practically say that