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Budget bill risks ‘compromising’ copyright board autonomy, committee hears

News | 11/22/2018 12:18 pm EST
Experts testify at the Senate banking, trade and commerce committee Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018. Left to right: Howard Knopf, counsel at Macera & Jarzyna LLP; Jeremy de Beer, law professor at University of Ottawa; Casey Chisick, partner at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP. /Photo via Parlvu

An expert in copyright law is asking senators to nix a reform measure in the Liberal government’s latest budget implementation bill that allows the federal cabinet to set timelines over copyright board matters, warning the move risks putting the board’s independence in jeopardy.

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