Thank you, Mr. Chair.
From the outset, we have been saying that we do not oppose digital locks, just when it comes to imposing a lock on copyrights in schools, on creators' rights as they relate to communication and broadcasting, and on the rights of material producers. Obviously, the Conservatives are the ones imposing these locks.
Mr. Lake said something yesterday about royalties paid to creators. He said that this would take $21 million out of their pockets, that it wasn't much. That attitude shows a total disregard for the reality that artists face in Quebec and Canada. They scrape together whatever they can anywhere they can, and every single penny....