Thank you very much.
Thank you to the witnesses for appearing today.
What you've outlined today is really important. What we're talking about is an epidemic. This is a theft epidemic, with $965 million evaporating into thin air and the loss of 12,000 jobs that we would otherwise have in this country. I can't believe that this place isn't being shaken to its foundations or that we're not addressing it. We are going through a process. We're punting the ball down the field. Maybe we'll get consideration of the bill by Thanksgiving. I don't know, maybe. At the current pace, I'm not optimistic. Who knows?
What you are outlining is a sense of urgency. I think that's what you're trying to convey to members here today. Is it accurate to say that from your industry's perspective, there is a sense of urgency that we act? Mr. Angus said it's a golden age for Canadian cinema, but this golden age can turn into iron pyrites pretty quickly, right before our eyes, if we don't act to protect the investments being made and to protect the jobs, whether they are the jobs of actors or all of the support industry jobs and all of the spinoff jobs.
You are telling us that if we don't act, this industry is in peril. Is that correct?