Canadian Heritage committee  You've opened up a real can of worms.

Canadian Heritage committee  If you spoke to a producer here today, if there was a producer appearing in front of you, I'm sure they would say it's too much paperwork—and it's not just our fund, it's every fund in Canada. We've gotten to this position because of the accountability that has been imposed on us.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I'm very well.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, we don't have any stats. I can't even say that I can get them for you, because export isn't really an area we deal with particularly.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  No.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's correct.

Canadian Heritage committee  It was $800,000.

Canadian Heritage committee  The largest one is that the CRTC now allows the company that is making a transaction to administer their own production fund. We've been certified as an independent production fund by the CRTC. Several years ago, when a company would buy or sell and there was a tangible benefits package in play, they would have to put that money out into an independent production fund.

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, it depends on the genre.

Canadian Heritage committee  There is money; there is probably the same amount. But they determine what kind of genre it will go into. Before, when it came to us, it automatically went into educational-informational. CTV doesn't put all that money into educational-informational projects. It goes into drama.

Canadian Heritage committee  As you know, the CRTC is having a television review right now. We made a submission in that vein, that we wanted to see program expenditures put back in and that tangible benefits packages should go outside and not be controlled by companies.

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said, I would like to see that money go out to independent production funds, because then we'd have more of a chance to get private sector moneys. Right now, that's pretty well dried up. It's very difficult for us.

Canadian Heritage committee  In fact, I make a distinction between new media and multimedia. We received requests related to new media but not to multimedia. However, I do think that requests will be made.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, we decided into 2003, because of the cutbacks, to focus solely on film and video projects, and not on new media.