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Last week, the government took another step toward copyright term extension in Canada, inserting extension provisions within Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland\u2019s Budget Implementation Act bill.\xa0 Despite recommendations from its own copyright review, students, teachers, librarians, and copyright experts to include a registration requirement for the additional 20 years of protection, the government chose to extend term without including protection to mitigate against the harms.\nLucie Guibault is an internationally renowned expert on international copyright law, a Professor of Law and Associate Dean at Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, and the Associate Director of the school\u2019s Law and Technology Institute. Days before the release of the bill, she joined the Law Bytes podcast for a discussion on copyright term extension, its implications and the government\u2019s implementation options.\nThe podcast can be downloaded here, accessed on YouTube, and is embedded below. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcast, Google Play, Spotify or the RSS feed. Updates on the podcast on Twitter at @Lawbytespod.\n\nShow Notes:\n\nBill C-19, Budget Implementation Act\nCanadian IP Scholars Copyright Term Extension consultation submission\nCanadian IP Scholars Public Letter on Budget 2022 \u2013 Copyright Law Amendments\nCredits:\nStanding Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, February 24, 2020