Okay. I'll just read you some of the statements.
DOC, the Documentary Organization of Canada, or L'association des Documentaristes du Canada, is a bilingual national arts service organization representing 800 members across the country. They said the following:
With the disappearance of the fund, our members' financing model, already precarious at the best of times in the documentary sector, will be seriously affected as CIFVF is the ONLY fund where a broadcast license wasn't necessary in order to apply. Documentary filmmakers make a broad range of films, many of which find their audiences outside of television audiences but rather in community centres, classrooms, church halls and libraries.
DOC is concerned that the Heritage Department's refusal to honor the outstanding funding agreements with documentary producers will place an enormous economic strain on those affected. We ask that, at the bare minimum, the funds committed be honored.
We applaud the effectiveness of the CIFVF funding, not only for the indispensable role it has played in financing both the work of novice and veteran filmmakers alike, but also as a prime example of a successful educational fund. The gap its disappearance leaves will NEED to be filled and until a new funding mechanism is instituted, many productions will be suspended....
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