Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Chair, could I address Mr. Dubé's question? Yes, intellectual property and strengthening intellectual property is critical in this industry, as it is in all of the content industries. I would like to quickly make a pitch for the federal government signing the Beijing Treat

Canadian Heritage committee  No, Mr. Young, we're not suggesting a Canadian content requirement. We're just suggesting a straightforward refundable tax credit that we see in the film and TV industry extended on a federal level to digital media. That would be very helpful.

Canadian Heritage committee  Simon has talked about how we can grow and develop that talent pool and the very unique skills required. We'd welcome the opportunity to work with the government to create any training program that would develop these abilities among Canadian performers. If we don't, these jobs a

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the committee for inviting Simon and me today. I'm Steve Waddell. I'm the executive director of ACTRA. With me today is Simon Peacock, who is a prominent voice director and performer who lives in Montreal and works extensively on video games.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  I don't think so. I think the gas company just cuts off your gas.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Yes.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Obviously it's got to go a month, or two, or three. Then they send bills, and then they have somebody come over. Eventually they'll cut off your gas.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Lake, for the question. And no, I'm not coming here to hit you over the head. I'm just trying to foster some understanding of what our interests are. Our interests are in ensuring that creators get paid for their intellectual property rights, just as Microsoft get

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  May I speak now?

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Thank you. The fair dealing for the purposes of education wipes out $41.1 million, Mr. Del Mastro.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  It's because it would give the ability to users to create copies again—

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  —without compensating the writers of that material and the publishers.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  If made for certain purposes; yes, they did.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Thank you, Mr. Rodriguez. Fair dealing for the purposes of education, in section 29, is $41.4 million; performance of cinematographic works by educational institutions would cost the rights holders $25 million; the non-extension of the private copying regime to digital devices

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Define education. Anything can be education. Sitting here certainly is an education. The problem with the expansion of fair dealing to include education is that it's unfortunately just too broad. We would certainly want to see some fences built around, or more prescriptive wordi