Canadian Heritage committee  We are excited about the opportunities that exist for screenwriters in the video game production world, and we are actively exploring those opportunities. The sector could benefit from federal government support in the areas of funding and training, provided that the government m

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much. We did try to reduce our speaking time to seven minutes because we know there are a number of people. Good afternoon, members of the heritage committee. My name is Maureen Parker and I am the executive director of the Writers Guild of Canada. Also with me t

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  But we think those measures are not stern enough; we think that statutory damages have to act as a deterrent. We run a union, and the one thing I've learned over the many years of running a union is that you have to have enforcement mechanisms and you have to have deterrence. I

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Well, you'd be very popular with your friends and family, but it wouldn't be very good for us. Really, that's what we're talking about: an unspecified number of copies going into the marketplace and depriving us of income. In the audiovisual business, consumers like DVD movies a

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  They would be unspecified copies.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  That's a very good question. It's because the distribution patterns are now changing. We're right in the midst of change. Digital copies look wonderful, and so our work is now widely distributed. What we're really talking about today is copies. We get a revenue stream from ou

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Can I start by clarifying something? In the last round of questioning as well, everyone—and maybe it's the translation—keeps referring to “producers” and scriptwriters. It's “directors”. Can we have that struck from the record and revised? We are not proposing to share copyrig

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Good morning, members of the committee. My name is Maureen Parker. I'm the executive director of the Writers Guild of Canada. Also with me today is my president, Jill Golick, a digital creator. Thank you for inviting us. The Writers Guild is a national association representing m

Canadian Heritage committee  Can I just add one thing to that, Mr. Del Mastro? We are concerned, too, about the increasing cost to consumers in terms of capping bandwidth, particularly consumers who want to download video content. Again, that's our feeling, that it must be a regulated broadcasting system fo

Canadian Heritage committee  Charlie, just going back to a couple of your questions, one of the interesting things I heard this week, in terms of the Internet service providers who were appearing before this committee, was that they weren't just asking for deregulation. They were actually asking for some reg

Canadian Heritage committee  And it's called the CMF, CMF, CMF.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's online, so it would include YouTube or your banking, etc. I don't know what the weekly figure is for television. Kelly Lynne, do we know what it is for television?

Canadian Heritage committee  So it's the same, but it drops in terms of actual television viewing online.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I'm going to make sure to direct all my questions to you.

Canadian Heritage committee  May I jump in with an alternate suggestion? It may be simpler right now to just ensure that the government legislate that the CRTC has jurisdiction over new media broadcasting. That seems to be a rather immediate and pressing problem, and we need the government to weigh in on i