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A group of organizations within the book industry is calling on Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge and Innovation, Science, and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne for an "urgent meeting" to review the Copyright Act.
Challenges to books in libraries and schools are common, and restrictions and removals are not a new occurrence in Canada, but there has never been any previous public awareness of restrictions imposed on books that are part of the FoR program.
Authors call for legislative action against piracy and safeguards from publishers while the Writers' Union of Canada mulls a class-action lawsuit against AI companies.