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News
Release
How
the proposed music tariff
will affect you
July
31, 2008 -- For Immediate Release
TORONTO- Can-Fit-Pro announces Canadian Forum: Stop the Proposed
Music Tariff, a special session to be held at the Can-Fit-Pro International
Fitness and Club Business Conference and Trade Show at the Metro
Toronto Convention Centre, on August 13-17. This session will take
place on August 15 at 4:00 p.m., with a general meeting to follow
at 6:00 p.m.
The Fitness Industry in Canada is facing a crisis as a proposed
new music copyright tariff is threatening all Canadian fitness clubs
and facilities.
This proposed tariff will force many fitness clubs and facilities
in Canada out of business which means anyone's local gym could close
down, and if it doesn't close down, fitness consumers can expect
an increase in gym membership fees.
Attend the Can-Fit-Pro International Fitness and Club Business
Conference session Canadian Forum: Stop the Proposed Music Tariff,
Friday, August 15 at 4:00 p.m.
Panel sponsored by Can-Fit-Pro and Fitness Industry Canada
Panel Presenters:
- Helen Durkin, IHRSA Public Policy Representative
- Brian Gilbank, Association Manager, Fitness Industry Canada
- David Hardy, President, Fitness Industry Canada
- Nathalie Lacombe, Director of Certification, Can-Fit-Pro
- Rod Macdonald, Vice President, Can-Fit-Pro
- Rob McDonald, Intellectual Property Lawyer from the law firm
of Fraser Milner Casgrain
- Franco Iacono, Bernie Morton, and Paul Pellegrini, Sussex-Strategy
Group Fitness Industry Canada's Government Relations Firm
- David Patchell-Evans, President of Can-Fit-Pro, CEO GoodLife
Fitness clubs and Fitness Industry Canada Board member
To request a media pass, please contact
Erika Vanderheijden at Erika@canfitpro.com or call at (416) 493-3515,
ext 233.
For more information about the Can-Fit-Pro International Fitness
and Club Business Conference and Trade Show, please visit http://www.canfitpro.com/toronto2008/pro/
About Can-Fit-Pro: Can-Fit-Pro is the largest provider of education
in the Canadian fitness industry. Delivering quality education,
certification, conferences, trade shows, and membership services,
Can-Fit-Pro now has over 18,000 members and continues to grow. Can-Fit-Pro
members include some of the world's most renowned fitness professionals,
health club operators, industry suppliers, and fitness consumers.
Media Contact: Erika Vanderheijden Can-Fit-Pro erika@canfitpro.com,
www.canfitpro.com <http://www.canfitpro.com/> (416) 493-3515
ext 233 or 1-800-5622 ext. 233
Lorna Sloukji Communications Specialist and Assistant Editor
Can-Fit-Pro 110-255 Consumers Road Toronto, Ontario M2J 1R4 Canada
Local: 416-493-3515 Ext. 247 Toll Free: 1-800-667-5622 Fax: 416-493-1756
lsloukji@canfitpro.com www.canfitpro.com
Join Can-Fit-Pro at one of our upcoming conferences: Toronto August
13-18, 2008.
Visit www.canfitpro.com to register and for complete details.
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