First of all, let us talk about your requirements and suggestions for a global digital strategy. What requirements does Telefilm Canada have? What suggestions is it making to the Canadian government? Does Telefilm Canada have everything it needs or does it require some assistance?
You said that the audiovisual sector is doing well. However, this week, Le Devoir reported that jobs in the cultural sector had been hard hit. The Institut de la statistique in Quebec showed that there had been a decline in jobs both in Quebec and Canada, specifically in the audiovisual sector.
My third question pertains to co-productions. Witnesses have told me that there is a problem with co-production. Setting two dates per year does not enable them to negotiate with international producers. They have to make these producers wait too long. For example, if a big French producer wanted to negotiate something today, you would have to tell him to wait until September. That is a problem.
You also said that the power of a good story is not enough. Earlier, during a meeting of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology, the person sitting where you are, a professor from Alberta, said that, when you have a good story, it always works. In his opinion, the cultural industry did not need assistance. I am, of course, summarizing what he said.
Finally, you did not make any mention whatsoever of foreign ownership. Yet this is something that concerns us a great deal. What impact does foreign ownership have on the telecommunication sector—which, we are told, is becoming increasingly more difficult to dissociate from broadcasting—or satellites?
I think that you have one minute to answer these questions.