Directors Guild of Canada / La guilde canadienne des realisateurs
Registration:
5
of
23
(2011-10-13
to
2011-11-14)
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- Bill C-10, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, with particular reference to the "contrary to public policy" provision of the draft legislation, was of interest to the DGC. We wrote to and met with the Minister of canadian Heritage, wrote to the Minister of Finance, and appeared before the Senate Banking Committee during its hearings.
- Bill C-24, an Act to Amend the Copyright Act, was of interest to the DGC, with particular refrence to the absence from the draft legislation of the definition of an author of an audio-visual work, however the DGC did not intervene or communicate with public office holders in regard cto the Bill.
- Bill C-32, an Act to Amend the Copyright Act, was of interest to the Guild, notably for the absence of a definition of directors and screenwriters as authors of audiovisual works. The DGC planned on appearing before the Committee dealing with this Bill before the federal election resulted in the death of the Bill.