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The Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs hereby certifies that the countries listed in the schedule grant or have undertaken to grant to citizens of Canada the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens or copyright protection substantially equal to that conferred by the Copyright Act and, for the purpose of the rights conferred by the said Act, such a country shall be treated as if it was a country to which the said Act extends.
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