Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce

First Session, Thirty-ninth Parliament, 2006-07

Chair: The Honourable JERAHMIEL S. GRAFSTEIN

Wednesday, June20, 2007

Issue No. 26

First (final) meeting on:

BillC-47, An Act respecting the protection of marks related to the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games and protection against certain misleading business associations and making a related amendment to the Trade-marks Act

INCLUDING:
THE TWENTIETH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(BillC-47)

APPEARING:

Colin Carrie, M.P.,
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Industry

WITNESSES:

Industry Canada:

Susan Bincoletto, Director General, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch;

Douglas Clark, Director, Patent Policy, Marketplace Framework Policy Branch;

Julie D'Amours, Counsel, Legal Services;

Darlene Carreau, Counsel, Legal Services.

Canadian Paralympic Committee:

Brian McPherson, Chief Operating Officer.

Canadian Olympic Committee:

Lou Ragagnin, Chief Operating Officer.

Intellectual Property Institute of Canada:

Cynthia Rowden, Past President.

AthletesCAN:

Jasmine Northcott, Athlete Forums Director and Operations Manager.

Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games:

David Guscott, Executive Vice-President.

MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Honourable Jerahmiel S. Grafstein, Chair

The Honourable W. David Angus, Deputy Chair

and

The Honourable Senators:

Biron, Campbell, Eyton, Goldstein, Harb, *Hervieux-Payette, P.C. (or Tardif), *LeBreton, P.C. (or Comeau), Massicotte, Meighen, Moore, Ringuette, Tkachuk

*Ex officio members

(Quorum 4)

Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce