Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, Canadian artists or creators.

Canadian Heritage committee  The 4% is for Canadian content development.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's because we are a CRTC-licensed broadcaster.

Canadian Heritage committee  —in favour of a streaming service that has none.

Canadian Heritage committee  I apologize, but I don't have those exact figures with me today. I do have these high-level numbers of cumulatively $175 million to copyright holders, in addition to another $110 million to the cultural sector. That's through a variety of mechanisms and through contributions to FACTOR, Musicaction and so forth.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's my understanding that there are cultural and historical reasons that this exemption was introduced—

Canadian Heritage committee  Obviously, satellite radio was never eligible for such an exemption. I think that one of the things this committee needs to look at.... To put it simply, we are looking for a more level playing field going forward, but you have to balance certain cultural interests. I would caution the committee to look at the treatment of licensed broadcasters versus unlicensed foreign streaming services.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee. Thank you for inviting us to contribute to your study on copyright. My name is Oliver Jaakkola and I am senior vice-president and general counsel of SiriusXM Canada, Canada's only satellite radio broadcaster. We are a CRTC-licensed broadcaster with over 2.5 million subscribers in Canada.