Canadian Heritage committee  Parliamentary Secretary, I would just add to that. When we have talked previously about the Copyright Act, we've tried to make clear how important the functioning framework of it is: that in case anything were to happen to a particular artist, they would continue to get paid when

Canadian Heritage committee  It's interim co-CEO, but thank you so much.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that my family traces its roots to the heart of your riding, Port Sandfield, and—

Canadian Heritage committee  All right. Absolutely, yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  At Music Canada we do represent Sony, Warner and Universal. These are major labels with big operations here in Canada, full of Canadians making Canadian music at all levels of the industry. The industry is one massive ecosystem that requires everyone, from the artist you haven't

Canadian Heritage committee  I would put everyone in that spot in the mass-gathering bucket. Any industry that requires a large group of people to be in a smaller area is going to be challenged with the medical information that we have now. My colleague, Erin Benjamin at the Canadian Live Music Association,

Canadian Heritage committee  If I could jump in here on this, I would like to agree with everything that my colleague has said here, from the industry. I do want to make the point that—I think we've seen it in the past year—we saw garden centres open, but we were a long way from the Rogers Centre being ope

Canadian Heritage committee  The experience has been devastating. The dollars speak for themselves. The issue of refunding tickets, the lost opportunity.... The real effect on careers as a whole has required an entirely different look. Within the industry there's a model: You work on your album, you record y

Canadian Heritage committee  It's good to see you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for this opportunity. My name is Patrick Rogers, and I'm the interim co-CEO of Music Canada. I'd like to thank the committee for the opportunity to speak today. Music Canada is the trade association to Canada's major record labels: Son