Yes. When I say it's a crime, it's because it robs the future of knowing what great artists are creating today, because they may perform this work, etc., they may create this work, but the ability to preserve it forever was something that the sound recording program provided support for, which means that in a hundred years we'll still be able to listen to these, and who knows, forever.
Many of the artists creating today who benefited from this are visionary artists. They're part of the avant-garde. I know it's an old cliché, but Van Gogh never sold any paintings. He traded two, but he was not a commercial success. I guess his work should have been destroyed because it had no value. The fact of the matter is that many of the artists creating today are doing things that are going to influence artists in 10 years, in 20 years, etc. That is what is going to be lost, and for me, sir, that is a crime. It's robbery of the future, not only of the present, but of the future access of Canadians to great art created by Canadians for a paltry sum of money.