Industry committee  The Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada will share the time available with the Department of Canadian Heritage. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, distinguished members of the committee. It is a pleasure for me to be before you again

Finance committee  Yes. Section 38.1 of the Copyright Act relates to the statutory damages that are available to certain collective societies. The intent of the government was to ensure that statutory damage provisions, as they currently exist, were held in place. Given the sensitive nature of st

Finance committee  That's exactly right.

Finance committee  The term “steering committee” is not necessarily a precise legal one. This is going to be adjudicated by the college to ensure they are in line with the legislative framework, so we wanted to provide the college with some precision as to how they will enact this as they follow th

Finance committee  This is just an amendment to ensure consistency between proposed section 14 and proposed section 17.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. In the original wording, there would have been a proposed cooling-off period for individuals who had served within the professional body or association of the profession whose primary goal was advocacy. In discussions with stakeholders and others, th

Finance committee  Correct.

Finance committee  A committee potentially could be construed by the college as constituting any body that the professional association deems to be organizing, which could be the social committee, whereas the steering committee is generally understood to be a decision-making body empowered by the l

Finance committee  To the best of my knowledge, no. Their verification processes are subject to the individuals themselves. No affidavit is required.

Finance committee  The number of corporations that may choose to have a beneficial owner in place would require each of them to seek an affidavit from all those individuals. In our view, this provision was deemed administratively burdensome.