A Canadian Press article (distributed by CTV) includes a discussion of a press event including Charlie Angus, as well as the following:
The Canadian Recording Industry Association has been pressing for tighter controls on how music is distributed, saying the industry has lost close to $6 million in retail sales since the advent of online music trading.
Association president Graham Henderson scoffed Monday at the idea of bringing in more levies on blank media, noting how unpopular the existing tax is. He said legal downloading is available now that gives music lovers the songs they want and pays artists for their work.
This is typical Henderson double-speak. The current blank media levy is not the same as a proposed levy to share, which would much closer to what legalizes and monetizes radio and cable television. There are many problems with the blank media levy that would not apply to a levy for the online distribution of entertainment.
The so-called "legal download" sites Henderson speaks about bring up many questions about the legality of these service, such as the tied selling (Section 77 of the Competition act) of DRM'd content with DRM'd access devices which circumvent the property, privacy and other rights of the owners of these devices.