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The Copyright Board of Canada was directed by the Federal Court of Canada in a January 27, 2017 ruling to reconsider the Board's K-12 tariff decision in light of overlooked expert evidence pertinent to estimating the number of copied works in Access Copyright's repertoire.  The Board's January 19, 2018 reconsideration states that while it believes coding errors did occur, "there is insufficient evidence, either from filings, evidence led during the hearing, or in responses to the Board’s related questions, that would permit us to conclude, in a qualitative sense, that the reanalysis is a reliable indicator of the net underestimation of repertoire."  The Board reconsideration ultimately concludes that "the Access Copyright Elementary and Secondary School Tariff, 2010-2015 is therefore unchanged."

Earlier this month the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) kicked of its Fair Copyright campaign, which takes the following positions on five issues:

• fair dealing ("CAUT’s recommendation is to maintain the current fair dealing regime")
• Aboriginal Peoples and copyright ("Canada should devote resources to explore and develop specific legal frameworks to protect . . . works" created within Aboriginal communities)
• digital locks ("CAUT calls for an amendment of the law to allow the use, manufacture or importation of devices capable of circumventing technological protection measures in cases where the circumvention is carried out for non-infringing purposes")
• copyright term ("CAUT’s recommendation is to maintain the general term of copyright protection in Canada to life plus 50 years")
• crown copyright ("CAUT advocates that crown copyright be abolished".