I just want to try to make a very simple point for committee members. I think in debating these issues—and I realize some of them get quite heated—it's really important to appreciate that as Canadians we all have dual roles.
We are consumers of these products, but a growing proportion of the Canadian population, particularly in our larger metropolitan areas, is employed in these industries. In balancing the rights of consumers and producers, we also have to ensure that the policy mix we're putting in place is sufficient to ensure that the jobs will be there for the future, to continue to employ growing numbers of Canadians in these industries.
We need to think about our cultural and creative industries in a very broad and comprehensive sense and recognize that digital media are changing all of them. If we don't balance protections and rights on the consumer side with measures to ensure that the jobs needed for the future are being created, we're going to be doing our fellow citizens a huge disservice.