It's not that they want to avoid it, it's that the way of financing has changed quite a bit. I'd say that seven years ago you used to be able to finance a film from the educational sector. Education, as you know, has had its share of problems, and that's no longer possible.
This fund started back in 1988, under Flora MacDonald. That's when it first started. At that point in time, things could be funded by the educational sector. Then life changed, and what is now prevalent is that the broadcaster funds many things. It's very important for a financial structure to have a broadcaster in it.
It's not that new producers choose not to have a broadcast licence, it's that they can't get one. The broadcaster has a number of things to choose from. They have certain slots--i.e., they can only do so many documentaries--so they can't fund everything. The want largely producers with track records. New and emerging producers may not have a track record, so they can't always get a broadcast licence. In some cases, even if they do get a broadcast licence, it may not be high enough to qualify at the Canadian Television Fund. As I think we mentioned, about 62% of the projects we funded couldn't get money from the CTF, or, in the past, from Telefilm.
So our money has been quite critical for people who haven't been able to get that piece of the puzzle.