I've been advised that Canada today made this statement - taken from the "live feed" - which means that it may contain errors (e.g. ?) and require editorial correction:
CANADA: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Canada is pleased to address this Assembly
on the important issue of improving access to works for the visually impaired.
We would like to take this turn to reiterate (?) our support of a development on a
Treaty on limitations and exceptions for visually impaired persons and person
with print disabilities. And the convening of a [Diplomatic Conference] in 2013
aimed at concluding such a Treaty. We appreciate the role that limitations and
exceptions in national copyright laws can play in facilitating access for the
print disabled. Canada recently brought into fruition(?) amendments to [its]
copyright exceptions framework as part of the copyright modernization act that
addressed this issue directly. Canada would like to extend its thanks to our
fellow delegations for their [hard] work in advancing the working text to its
current statement. Given that there is not yet a consensus on certain elements
in the draft text, we strongly encourage all Members to work diligently with an
objective to address these outstanding matters prior to the Diplomatic
Conference.
And to this end, we consider the proposal to contravene -- to
convene an intersessional meeting of stand standing [committee] in February 2013
as a positive step to achieving this objective. We will continue to work with
the other delegations to advance the text with a view towards [concluding]a new
Treaty for visually impaired person and person with print
disabilities.
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