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      18,
      1997
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      Wie
      ee
      liliitsee
      aeriis
     
     
      Copyright
      bill
      ep
      ttd
     
     
      increase
      textbook
      costs
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Ottawa
      (ON)
      --
      Bill
      C-32,
      An
      Act
      to
      Amend
      the
      Copyright
      Act,
      will
      return
      to
      the
      House
      of
      Commons
     
     
      fro
      further
      debate,
      at
      report
      stage,
      on
      Thursday.
      Having
      been
      extensively
      debated
      in
      committee,
      the
      ill
     
     
      has
      been
      altered
      to
      outlaw
      the
      importation
      of
      used
      texts.
     
    

    
     
      This
      amendment
      to
      Bill
      C-32
      could
      potentially
      increase
      the
      amount
      a
      student
      spends
      on
      text
      books
     
     
      by
      $1,600
      over
      the
      course
      of
      a
      degree.
     
    

    
     
      Matthew
      Hough,
      the
      National
      Director
      of
      the
      Canadian
      Alliance
      of
      Student
      Associations,
      stated
     
     
      that
      “the
      affect
      this
      amendment
      will
      have
      on
      the
      cost
      of
      education
      is
      horrific.
      The
      savings
      students
      achieve
     
     
      by
      buying
      and
      selling
      used
      texts
      is,
      in
      some
      cases,
      enough
      to
      pay
      for
      an
      entire
      semester
      of
      tuition
      and
      fee.
     
     
      This
      amendment
      is
      ridiculous.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      debate
      over
      the
      importation
      of
      used
      texts
      has
      centred
      around
      the
      protection
      of
      the
      interests
     
     
      of
      Canadian
      publishers.
      American
      publishers
      would
      in
      fact
      be
      the
      greatest
      beneficiaries
      from
      this
      motion,
     
     
      because
      students
      would
      be
      forced
      to
      buy
      new
      texts
      -
      texts
      that
      are
      published
      by
      American
      companies.
     
    

    
     
      It
      was
      noted
      by
      publishing
      companies
      during
      debates
      in
      committee
      that
      a
      distribution
      system
      in
     
     
      Canada
      for
      used
      texts
      is
      not
      viable
      due
      to
      the
      number
      of
      students
      in
      Canada
      and
      the
      transportation
      costs
     
     
      involved.
      As
      such,
      campus
      bookstores
      import
      from,
      and
      export
      to,
      distributors
      in
      the
      United
      States
      and
     
     
      in
      France.
     
    

    
     
      Students
      take
      advantage
      of
      used
      texts
      to
      lower
      up
      front
      costs
      of
      purchasing
      books
      and
      by
      selling
     
     
      books
      back
      to
      campus
      stores.
      These
      books
      are
      then
      exported
      to
      distributors
      in
      the
      United
      States
      and
     
     
      France.
      At
      the
      moment
      Canada
      has
      a
      net
      balance
      of
      trade
      in
      used
      textbooks
      -
      that
      is,
      more
      used
      text
      books
     
     
      are
      sold
      by
      students
      than
      bought.
      As
      the
      trade
      of
      textbooks
      is
      a
      two
      way
      street,
      if
      the
      importation
      of
      used
     
     
      texts
      is
      stopped,
      then
      the
      export
      trade
      would
      also
      end.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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