Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Banking, Trade and Commerce
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14
Chair: The Honourable IRVING GERSTEIN
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Issue No. 20
Third and fourth (final) meetings:
Bill C-8, An Act to amend the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts
INCLUDING:
THE SEVENTH REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE
(Bill C-8)
WITNESSES
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Canada Goose:
Kevin Spreekmeester, Chief Marketing Officer.
Food & Consumer Products of Canada:
Carla Ventin, Vice President, Federal Government Affairs.
Canadian Intellectual Property Council:
Scott Smith, Director, Intellectual Property and Innovation Policy, Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
As an individual:
Philippe Bensimon, Criminologist.
International Trademark Association:
David Lipkus, Chair, Canada Subcommittee of the Anti-counterfeiting Committee.
Intellectual Property Institute of Canada:
Ryan Evans, Vice-Chair, Anti-Counterfeiting Committee.
Canadian Bar Association:
Georgina Danzig, Chair, Counterfeiting and Trade Offenses Committee, Intellectual Property Section.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Irving Gerstein, Chair
The Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette, P.C., Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Bellemare, Black, Campbell, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Greene, Maltais, Massicotte, Ringuette, Tannas, Tkachuk
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Changes in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Tkachuk replaced the Honourable Senator Lang (November 27, 2014).
The Honourable Senator Maltais replaced the Honourable Senator Eaton (November 27, 2014).