That's not how the motion reads. As I said, we're still talking about a hypothetical situation. It's not like this has occurred. There is a potential it could occur.
I might add, Mr. Chairman, this comes up because some folks were on the Hill last week raising the attention of MPs to a situation, so let it be said that not all lobbyists are bad. On the Hill, I know we have a tendency to paint them as bad, but without folks coming to us and telling us what's going on, I'm not sure this would have come to our attention. So I'd simply like to put on the record that not all lobbyists are bad, even though we tend to attack them when it appears appropriate.
I have no problem with hearing from the principals involved in this, including folks from the film and television industry. If you want to talk to departmental officials about what net benefit to Canada means, or what the process is, I can't see that as being specifically market sensitive, but you would need to understand that they cannot tell you...or they cannot presuppose a decision on this, nor should we expect them to answer a question that could have market implications.
It will be a terrible precedent if you do that. We'll have folks in all the time making decisions that, you know, folks' retirement incomes are invested in. So it is dicey ground.
I think it is worthwhile to hear what everybody has to say. As I said, I'll set extra time aside to do that.