Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'd like to thank our witnesses as well. I apologize for being late. I was on the red-eye flight from Vancouver, and it was a bit delayed because of the weather, so I apologize. I really am sorry that I missed all the presentations, and I thank you for presenting here today. I'm really glad that you're here presenting as well on behalf of children's programming, because that has been a very successful area of production in Canada.
You talked about the shift in funding from children's programming to drama, a shift to drama. It is within the theme that we've heard around the squeeze on Canadian content and the challenges facing it, which speak to the very crisis that we're in.
I would like to follow up on the suggestion that this is a tax, and that there is maybe some sense that there's an option around this payment. You presented very clearly earlier that this will have impact, immediately and in the following fiscal years, on production. One of the suggestions we've heard from stakeholders is that there could be a contribution made by government, a loan made by government, to ensure that there is no dire impact. As of August 31 we will see that if we don't have any certain terms by that time, then at least we can support the industry.
Could I have your comments on that, please.