We've had collectives in place for 25 years, almost 30. Very few artists have actually signed up to them, and we do not find them to be very effective, to be quite honest with you. That's one area.
On the droits d'auteur, I wanted to come back to that, because that's a major issue that has been before this committee. Our position is not against it. We have called for further study on it. We are concerned that it could have a very negative impact on what is already a very fragile art market in Canada. What we want to see is the art market developed in Canada. What we want to see are Canadians buying more works of art, supporting our artists, and creating a healthy marketplace in Canada. It's very fragile right now.
If you look across the country, you're going to see condominiums and suburbs having been expanded at a record rate. What are Canadians buying to put on their walls? Very little in the way of contemporary Canadian art. We would like to change that.