Government of Canada
Symbol of the Government of Canada

The consultation is not operating at this time

What's New

September 14

Way to go Canada! Over the past few weeks, we have received a very high number of submissions. Thank you for your patience as we work to have your thoughts and ideas posted on the website.



September 10

To date, we have received over 5000 submissions from stakeholders and from Canadians who have shared their views on copyright.



September 9

There is still time to make a submission before the consultations conclude on September 13.



August 28

The Toronto Town Hall is now finished. To watch the video of the Town Hall, please click here.

The full list of questions and comments and the transcript will follow shortly.



August 27

The Toronto Town Hall is now over. More than 650 Canadians participated in real time, whether in person or online.

The video, a full list of questions and comments submitted by the online participants and the transcript of the event will be posted shortly.



August 18

Over the last few days, we’ve received hundreds of form letter submissions originating from a single IP address. As part of our open and transparent consultation process, we welcome all submissions and thank participants for taking the time to get in touch with us.

To help streamline our posting process, identical form letters will be posted only once. Over time, we will add the names of submitters, as received, so that participants will know that their contribution has been recorded.

The form letter will be made available in the submission centre shortly.

August 14

We’ve posted the transcripts, the list of participants, and the audio recording of the Halifax round table.

August 7

We’ve posted the list of participants and the audio recording of the Winnipeg round table.

July 30

The Montréal Town Hall is now finished; more than 280 Canadians participated in real time, whether in person (100+) or online (186).

July 28

Audio recordings and transcripts for both the Vancouver and Calgary round tables have been posted. The first submissions are up, and we’re getting ready for our first Town Hall event in Montreal on July 30th.

July 21, 2009

Minister Clement hosts round table event in Calgary.

July 20, 2009

National copyright consultations kick off today! We’re looking forward to hearing your feedback through the copyright consultation website.

News Release and Backgrounder – Government of Canada Launches National Consultations on Copyright Modernization [http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/ic1.nsf/eng/04840.html]