Canadian Heritage committee  No, I believe it accelerates it instead. As I said in my presentation, it raises a lot of questions that have to be resolved, such as people's professional status, what applies to whom, rights, royalties and intellectual property. I was asked the question earlier, but it was imp

Canadian Heritage committee  It's very hard to use a language that expresses the at times geographic distinctions that we would like to make. In this case, perhaps I could have said the francophone or anglophone markets. It depends on the subject. I've long been responsible for regional situations concerning

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, members of the committee. My name is Alain Pineau and I'm the national director of the Canadian Conference of the Arts. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to present our views on Bill C-470. The CCA is the oldest and most broadly base

Finance committee  To sum up, the CCA considers this bill ill-conceived, intrusive, and unnecessary, and would urge you to defeat it. Thank you for your attention. I'll be pleased to answer any questions you may have.

Finance committee  I don't disagree with the principle. I'm questioning whether it's appropriate that in an organization--and I use our own example--in which 1% of the revenue comes from donations and charity, my staff and I are obliged to post our salaries publicly. It may not be contrary to the P

Finance committee  It may be so, but it is recognized. And I believe that we did not steal our status, nor did any of the organizations in the arts and culture sector to which this applies. Even among the largest ones that have that status, I don't believe there's one that draws more than 10% of it

Finance committee  Theoretically, that would be possible. However, in 65 years, that has never been a priority for an organization such as ours. I don't think that's where we want to go looking for most of our revenue. Instead we would look to membership, which is not a donation, but rather peopl

Finance committee  Well, I gave a list of what we are obliged to disclose in terms of the contact information, the details about directors, detailed revenue and expenditure information, description of charitable programs, if we have some, political activities, and transfers to qualified organizatio

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Before we start the clock, I have a request to make. I have given a document to the clerk that I would like to have put on the record as read, as if it had been read in full, because it's a bit too long for the purpose here. And I have cut down

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Thank you. My name Alain Pineau and I'm the national director of the Canadian Conference of the Arts. I will jump immediately to the second paragraph. When it comes to copyright, we at the CCA have members who are rights holders and members who are rights users. So we are quit

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  Yes, I will do that. I'll just point out that the current bill erases $126 million in current revenue for artists with all the exceptions, and that's a major blow to those people. This bill fails to provide a clear, predictable framework for the rights of creators and for the u

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

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  That's exactly what we have come here to tell you.

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  That's where all our members stand. We bring together many groups and organizations. The general position of our members is to remove it. If it cannot be removed, it could perhaps be incorporated as fair use. It is absolutely imperative to remove this exemption and clearly defin

Bill C-32 (40th Parliament, 3rd Session) committee  For three and a half months, the Canadian Conference of the Arts has been working with its members and other people around the table on this issue. We have been trying to reach common ground. What you see on the table are our common positions on what needs to be done to Bill C-32