Sheri Somerville, Adam Growe, by videoconference from Toronto, Ontario, and Hunter Cardinal made statements and answered questions.

At 4:46 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 4:50 p.m., the sitting resumed.

Joëlle Préfontaine, Jon Jackson and Annemarie Petrov, by videoconference from Edmonton, Alberta, made statements and answered questions.

Pierre Nantel gave notice of the following motion:

That the Committee express its dismay that the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology has chosen to ignore this Committee's report on remuneration models for artists and creative industries, in addition to ignoring the reference letter to the Industry Committee from the Minister of Canadian Heritage and the Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, specifically requesting that this Committee's conclusions and "relevant policy considerations" be "accounted for in (their) final report" on Copyright; and that the Committee regret the Government's mismanagement of the mandatory Copyright Review, leading to two contradictory reports, four months before an election, two years late, with no Copyright reform legislation in sight.

At 5:30 p.m., the sitting was suspended.

At 5:32 p.m., the sitting resumed in camera.

It was agreed, — That a proposed budget in the amount of $2,100.00, for the study of the Mandate of CBC/Radio-Canada as it relates to the Broadcasting Act, be adopted.

It was agreed, — That a proposed budget in the amount of $37,300.00, for the study of Canada Council for the Arts, be adopted.