If you're a student, parent or educator and tired of paying an enormous amount for textbooks each semester, the website cheapertextbooks.ca could help you campaign against high textbook prices.
Cheapertextbooks.ca will provide Canadian students with the opportunity to contact political candidates on how they can bring down the textbook prices in Canada.
The site highlights that the Canadian Copyright Act has several regulations that allow for the inflation of textbook prices. The Act allows publishers to monopolize the importing of books from international authors and artists. The distributors can legally add an astounding 10 to 15 per cent to the price of each book, and it would be a copyright violation for stores to import texts from other sources.
Wayne Amundson, spokesperson for cheapertextbooks.ca, says that these regulations from the act artificially inflate the cost of textbooks, which essentially leads to a private tariff.
"This means that Canadian students are forced to pay more than their colleagues in other countries for exactly the same texts," said Amundson.
Cheapertextbooks.ca will allow people to send a message directly to politicians, sending them a direct message to support removing this alleged tariff that costs students plenty of money.
"All parties have promised varying forms of support for post-secondary students, but by removing this tariff, it would provide real financial benefits to students while not costing a single tax dollar," said Amundson. "That is the essence of good public policy."
To join the cause, go to http://www.cheapertextbooks.ca/.
Cheapertextbooks.ca will provide Canadian students with the opportunity to contact political candidates on how they can bring down the textbook prices in Canada.
The site highlights that the Canadian Copyright Act has several regulations that allow for the inflation of textbook prices. The Act allows publishers to monopolize the importing of books from international authors and artists. The distributors can legally add an astounding 10 to 15 per cent to the price of each book, and it would be a copyright violation for stores to import texts from other sources.
Wayne Amundson, spokesperson for cheapertextbooks.ca, says that these regulations from the act artificially inflate the cost of textbooks, which essentially leads to a private tariff.
"This means that Canadian students are forced to pay more than their colleagues in other countries for exactly the same texts," said Amundson.
Cheapertextbooks.ca will allow people to send a message directly to politicians, sending them a direct message to support removing this alleged tariff that costs students plenty of money.
"All parties have promised varying forms of support for post-secondary students, but by removing this tariff, it would provide real financial benefits to students while not costing a single tax dollar," said Amundson. "That is the essence of good public policy."
To join the cause, go to http://www.cheapertextbooks.ca/.
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