Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Coates, you mentioned three things that struck me. First, you said that a series of factors gave Canadian production a competitive advantage: our sizeable cultural production, a large number of fairly well-educated people and bilingualism, which you referred to as an asset. First, thank you for that. People rarely point that out, but I know it to be true.
You talked about two other things, and those are what I want to ask you about. You said that we were not moving quickly enough when it came to digital media. I would like you to elaborate on that a bit and explain what we can do to speed things up.
Second, you mentioned our connections with Asia or emerging Asian countries. According to you, those connections are not strong enough or do not respond to the existing opportunities we should be seizing. I would like you to explain how we can strengthen those connections and what we can do to improve the situation.