With respect to copyright works, phonograms and performers' performances, the Canadian Copyright Act provides national treatment to the rightholders of all WTO Members. Section 2 is now equipped with a new definition of "treaty country" which includes "WTO Member" which is also specifically defined. Section 5.(1)(a)(ii) extends copyright protection to any work (including a sound recording), the author of which was, at the date of the making of the work, a citizen or subject of, or a person ordinarily resident in a treaty country. Section 14 on performers' rights specifically rests on a WTO basis. With respect to performances occurring after a Party has joined the WTO, see Section 14.01(1), and with respect to performances before a Party has joined the WTO, see Section 14.01(4).
