Thank you very much. I hope that wasn't directed at my own experience personally.
Let me say thank you very much to the witnesses and also take an opportunity to speak to the broader issues that have been spoken to in terms of resources and so on.
I couldn't agree more that we need very much to invest in the Canadian reality. If we're going to have our stories told and capture the attention of children and adults, and if our drama is going to be available in a comparable way with drama that would originate in other places and so on, it's critically important that we cannot allow the market to determine these things. I think we will be overwhelmed by the force of that market. So for what it's worth, I'm glad in both instances that we had that discussion.
I know here we're to speak of the more urgent need to deal with a crisis that exists, and I will get to that. I also should say specifically to children's television that I am in the unique situation where I have kids of 20, 22, and one year of age, so I have the opportunity to compare. To whatever extent that you or the CTF are responsible for what's available now, congratulations! Not only is it appealing to me, it's also appealing to my one-year-old, which is very appealing to me.
On the idea of interim financing, I know it was recommended that we need to do something immediately. In order to make the case to the government to do that, we need to know specifically what the time-sensitive issues are upon the industry so that we can make the case, so the public can hear the case. I expect that given the nature of production, every day counts. Please inform us about that, so we as a committee can in fact cause the government to take that specific action.