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David Homel

The Bible tells us of lean years and fat years, and I was the President of the PLR Commission during the fat years. I would joke to my friends that the hardest part of the job was going to Henri Berger’s restaurant with then-minister Marcel Masse. But even at that time, the challenges were present: how could we finance an ever-growing program? Some of us wanted to bring in a sliding scale of “hits” based on year of publication, but there was much resistance. Now, we have had to face that particular music. And I think we have done it wisely and in a shared fashion.

Text taken from « Writer’s Testimonials about the Public Lending Right » compiled by The Writer’s Union of Canada on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Public Lending Right Commisison (2011)