Overall, this fund has been basically lumbering from mini-crisis to mini-crisis because there has never been guaranteed funding. Even before the Shaw-Vidéotron situation, a number of producers were worried about signing deals if they didn't know if the CTF would be in place from year to year. You can't run the kinds of production deals we have based on yearly funding.
Fortunately the minister has said it will be two-year funding, and that has given the industry a good sign. But the long-term goal should be A-base funding so we don't have to worry that with each budget deals might fall through. The way government finances and the way industry finances are clearly out of sync in their production cycles.
So I'm bringing forward the recommendation for A-base funding.