Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you all for coming and making your presentation today.
I would like to make a comment intended for you, Ms. Robinson. I share your love for community radio, I have community radio in my riding as do nearly all my colleagues here. I can see that these are hardworking people. They often learn a trade. They serve a clientele that cannot be served otherwise and they are always pulling their hair out when it comes to money. I am convinced that we need to deal with this issue. I am very sympathetic to the idea of providing all the stations in Canada with annual funding, but I am not the one making the decision.
However, when it comes to royalties, I really liked the example that my colleague gave when she talked about cutting off your own oxygen supply. Here, we must stick with the assumption that, that if we do not allow our creative people to make a living, if we cut off their source of revenue, which is not very big—most of them are more or less in the same situation as you are—they will all die. Unfortunately, this is not an option; we are going to have to come up with another solution, but I do not know what it is. That being said, I agree with you—we have to do something.
I have a question for Ms. Brabant or Mr. Forget.
Many groups have come here to discuss the problems they have in obtaining funding for their activities. I would like to hear your opinion and your suggestions on the subject. That is my only question.