Finance committee  That is an excellent question. Yes, we are used to managing and to doing miracles with crumbs. We agree that the amount of$10 million we are requesting is an additional sum. Over the years, the funding provided to the Canada Music Fund has been approximately $22 million or $23 m

Finance committee  Thank you. I'll speak in French, but surely you have translation. You also have an English version of our presentation, if you want to refer to it. Good morning. Thank you for this invitation to appear before the committee today. My name is Solange Drouin, and I am the Vice-

Industry committee  There's Bell.

Industry committee  I would suggest or invite you to look at the last report of the CRTC published one week ago. In that report, submitted to Minister Joly, it shows that the radio industry is the most resilient and the most stable media industry, compared to TV, compared to anything else. The ind

Industry committee  They are not, not at all.

Industry committee  In many other areas of our lives, that's how it works as well. I don't have kids, for example, but I pay school taxes, and I'm fine with that because I know it serves the greater good. There is some equalization at work there, which is very Canadian and that's great.

Industry committee  I would like to add something. I have read many witnesses' briefs. We don't want to restrict the usage of music. I guess it's clear from what Eric said that the more we use music, the better. It's just that we want to be compensated for it. We want to enter into an agreement. We

Industry committee  No, that's okay. It's no problem.

Industry committee  On that issue I can help you. There's a Canada Music Fund. We can access it. The author can access it. All of the music industry can access that fund. That fund was put into place in 2002, and despite how bad it has been in the music industry for the last 15 to 20 years, the amo

Industry committee  It's a proposal on the table. I guess it has to be discussed. We think that to start a discussion on that.... I guess we won't find...and it's the same with private copying. There is a big issue, and it's important that we do something and we start to do something about it. A

Industry committee  We are part of the fair play coalition because we think we have to put in place everything we can to face every aspect of the problem we have in the music industry. As Lisa said earlier, it's all the actions put together that will make a difference, so we really think we should

Industry committee  Sorry.

Industry committee  If I may, I'd like to add something about the rate of the publishing revenues. I would submit that you should take all of the revenue of the sector into account. It's clear that publishing revenues are increasing, but at the same time there's other revenue that is dropping as rap

Industry committee  Thank you. My name is Solange Drouin. I am the vice-president of public affairs and executive director of the Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo, or the ADISQ. I'm speaking today on behalf of some 250 independent entrepreneurs, be they

Canadian Heritage committee  On the radio issue, the CRTC, as you probably noticed, issued a very important report last week. On the radio issue it's saying—and it's what we've been saying for many, many years—that the radio industry is still the most resilient medium so far. If you read it, you will notice