Distribution is one part of the $1.3 million. The Distribution Service has existed for many years and it is managed by the Canadian Music Centre on behalf of the Canada Council. This service created an international network for distributing small catalogues by consolidating the catalogues of 200 publishers. This could have to do with individual artists who have published their works or, for instance with the St. Lawrence Quartet, that released five or six recordings and that enjoys an international reputation, but it will never make any money from this.
By combining all the small catalogues, the Canadian Music Centre succeeded in negotiating with Naxos, or with the online service, international distribution over Internet; that is the future. Besides, this is what we quoted in the July announcement. We recognize this and we entirely agree with Mr. Del Mastro: This sector must look toward the future. However, it is a mistake to think that the program we are talking about is part of the past. It is very much a part of the future, in our opinion, and this distribution system includes, among other things, the recordings—and I did not know this—and the catalogue of music that was recorded by Radio-Canada, and perhaps they are making fewer recordings than they used to make. This is quality music that shows that the Canadian artists, orchestras and classical music ensembles, and even experimental music groups, when Radio-Canada was still involved with that, have a role on the international stage that we can be proud of.