Canadian Heritage committee  Before Duncan addresses the last part of your question, I just want to explain a little bit about what private radio does in terms of funding that element of the system. Sixty per cent of our annual contributions must be directed to FACTOR, but the remaining portion, the 40%, is

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly, the CRTC could play a role in allowing radio to consolidate, which would generate more money for funding agencies like FACTOR and Musicaction, so that's also an option, as well.

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, thank you very much for your invitation to appear before you today. We hope these discussions will provide valuable insight into the evolution of the Canada Music Fund. FACTOR is a private not-for-profit corporation that was established mo