Industry committee  I appreciate that. I'll go back to the first point I made in response, which was that, in my opinion, the inherent validity and importance of the artist resale rights is a distinct issue from the practical problems of implementing it. We're here to advocate for artists and the re

Industry committee  No.

Industry committee  I know we had a brief discussion about that not long ago. That's a question that one of your colleagues here mentioned. I apologize, but I'm not in a position to respond to that in any detail. I would think that it would be applicable. Practically speaking, I would defer to my co

Industry committee  Yes, I will.

Industry committee  It may be. That's something that I would certainly want to give some thought to.

Industry committee  I don't see that as being a discriminatory problem. You're correct to point out that it would seem to me that the older a piece of art is, the greater the difficulty with authenticating it. I understand that, but when I was talking about the exhibition right, that's a very bright

Industry committee  To be clear, the proposal that we've made is that government is not involved in the actual operation of the artist resale right. Secondly, the proposal that we made does not apply to private transactions like you just mentioned. It only applies to public transactions through an a

Industry committee  There's no actual legal challenge on the go. It's just a thought or a consideration or an analysis. The essence is that the legislation clearly draws a distinction between artists whose works predate 1988 and artists whose works don't. That on its face may not be considered discr

Industry committee  There are a bunch of pieces in there. First of all, the question of authentication is a practical issue, and it could be a difficult issue, but to me it's a different issue. It's not an issue of principle that we're talking about here. Second, in my opinion, the absence of the a

Industry committee  The short answer to that is that it's like the exhibition right: 1988 is a cut-off date and artists generally don't benefit from being paid for the exhibition of their works prior to then, except for a few organizations that do it voluntarily. And so it is with the resale right:

Industry committee  I'm sure there are half a dozen Ph.D. students writing a thesis on that subject right now. I don't mean to be facetious. It's a very complex issue. I'm not sure that I'm in a position to give you a full response to that point right now. I think that certainly one of the challenge

Industry committee  That's a good question. I'd want to think about that and get back to you on that.

Industry committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you to you and the members of the committee for enabling me to take this opportunity to make a presentation to you this afternoon. I'm a labour lawyer and a human rights lawyer here in Ottawa, which I say under my breath somewhat. I've been