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Industry committee  Yes, provided we also have a framework for determining the nature of the abuse we're talking about, and that's where the bill comes in.

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

Industry committee  Thank you for that question. Thank you also for the reference to the impact of the two strikes last year on our members, particularly in British Columbia. I would say that over the past year there's been a high level of anxiety. Our members do many different functions, starting

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

Industry committee  I think it's a good illustration of the dichotomy of individual rights versus collective rights. We made the point a little bit earlier about the extent to which we don't think there's a comprehensive view on what we would call collective rights. We're in the business of negotiat

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

Industry committee  I'll keep it brief. Yes, I think it's in the public interest to keep the public safe. The exact form it takes remains to be seen, but the answer to your question is yes. There should be a mechanism that prevents these types of harms.

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

Industry committee  No. We haven't been able to identify them.

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

Industry committee  Thank you for the question. My answer is going to be, yes, we should be moving forward, but the context is moving so quickly. Bill C-27 was drafted before we had the impact of generative AI in the way we see it now. It was only a little over a year ago, with my elected board, th

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

Industry committee  I think there's still some work to do here. Just to finish my comment from earlier, I think it has been echoed that at the intersection of the two is that copyright is a framework for ensuring compensation and ensuring the application of moral rights and so on. In the context of

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

Industry committee  Thank you very much for the question. We're talking about the intersection between the two acts, so—

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

Industry committee  Yes. I should have started with that.

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

Industry committee  Sure. The quick answer is yes. I can wait for you to come back.

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

Industry committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Dear Chair and members of the committee, good morning. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this important work. My name is Dave Forget, DGC's national executive director. With me today is Sam Bischoff, manager of policy and regulatory affairs

February 12th, 2024Committee meeting

Dave Forget

Canadian Heritage committee  To echo Lisa's comments, I would just add one thing. Having two standards, as has been pointed out, is potentially harmful and is unnecessary, quite frankly. In our comments up front, we talked about the fact that it's not just who owns it and it's not just what platform the cont

May 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Dave Forget

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Warren. Bill C-11, as currently drafted, establishes two standards for the requirement to use Canadian talent with different rules for Canadian and foreign online broadcasters. Specifically, proposed paragraph 3(1)(f) maintains the historic requirement that a “broadca

May 30th, 2022Committee meeting

Dave Forget