Thank you very much.
Thank you, witnesses, for your presentations today.
Frankly, we'd love to ask questions of all the witnesses and get in a couple of rounds in, but unfortunately, because this is only a one-hour session, we haven't the time. So I apologize if anyone feels they're being ignored by the committee today.
I'm going to start with ACTRA and Mr. Hardacre and Ms. Crewson. Frankly, I emphatically believe in and support an awful lot of the statements you made today. I think the role of the CRTC is to protect the Canadian identity. I think that's why it was created. We live next door to the largest exporter of culture in the world and we are trying to define ourselves and tell people the Canadian story.
You mentioned Passchendaele. I've spoken to you about this. One of the things I liked about Passchendaele is that it acknowledged that Canadians served in the First World War, it acknowledged the role we played, and it told a Canadian story from a Canadian perspective. I think it was unique.
I'm pretty passionate about this stuff. I really think that Canadians need to learn about their history. I think they need to learn a better identity.
You talked about drama. I think drama is critically important. What are we losing right now by whittling down Canadian drama on prime time?