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

Issue 23 - Minutes of Proceedings

OTTAWA, Friday, June 22, 2012
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[English]

The Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce met this day at 8 a.m., in room 160-S, Centre Block, the Honourable Irving Gerstein, Chair, presiding.

Members of the committee present: The Honourable Senators Baker, P.C., Gerstein, Greene, Harb, Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Maltais, Massicotte, Moore, Plett, Smith (Saurel), Stewart Olsen, Tkachuk and Wallace (13).

In attendance: Danielle Labonté, Procedural Clerk; Adriane Yong and Mark Mahabir, Analysts, Parliamentary Information and Research Service, Library of Parliament.

Also in attendance: The official reporters of the Senate.

Pursuant to the order of reference adopted by the Senate on Thursday, June 21, 2012, the committee continued its examination of Bill C-11, An Act to amend the Copyright Act.

WITNESSES:

As an individual:

Michael Geist, Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa.

Business Coalition for Balanced Copyright:

Jay Kerr-Wilson.

Canadian Library Association:

Kelly Moore, Executive Director;

Victoria Owen, Chair, Copyright Advisory Committee.

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada:

Greg Fergus, Director, Public Affairs;

Steve Wills, Manager, Government Relations and Legal Affairs.

Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA):

Zachary Dayler, National Director.

Canadian Conference of the Arts:

Alain Pineau, National Director.

Société québécoise de gestion collective des droits de reproduction (COPIBEC):

Hélène Messier, Director General and Spokesperson for DAMIC.

CMRRA-SODRAC Inc. (CSI):

David Basskin, President.

DAMIC:

Alain Lauzon, Director General of SODRAC and Spokesperson of DAMIC.

Association National des éditeurs des livres (ANEL):

Richard Prieur, Director General;

Jean Bouchard, Vice-President.

Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois (UNEQ):

Véronyque Roy, Lawyer, Legal Counsel.

The chair made an opening statement.

Messrs. Geist and Kerr-Wilson each made a statement and answered questions.

At 9 a.m., the committee suspended.

At 9:03 a.m., the committee resumed.

The chair made a statement.

Mr. Fergus, Mr. Dayler and Ms. Owen each made a statement, and together with Ms. Moore and Mr. Wills, answered questions.

At 9:52 a.m., the committee suspended.

At 10:16 a.m., the committee resumed.

The chair made a statement.

Mr. Pineau, Ms. Messier, Mr. Lauzon and Mr. Basskin each made a statement and answered questions.

At 11:20 a.m., the committee suspended.

At 11:23 a.m., the committee resumed.

The chair made a statement.

Mr. Prieur, Mr. Bouchard and Ms. Roy each made a statement and answered questions.

At 12:13 p.m., the committee adjourned to the call of the chair.

ATTEST:

Adam Thompson

Clerk of the Committee