Yes, it's platform agnosticism. Being platform agnostic is key.
Yes, to create some sort of funding model that will be able to do that is important, and I'm not sure how you do that. One of the reasons I left was the number of hoops you have to jump through to get the funding, the fact that it has to have a Canadian flag in it. I've never believed in that. I think that we make some of the best content in the world, and I don't think it has to be....
Some of it is for Canadians, and all of it is by Canadians, but it doesn't have to scream “Canada”. I live in New York, and what most people don't realize is that the entire media upper echelon is full of Canadians. The reason I'm in New York is that the O-1 visa I'm on eliminates anyone.... It's so difficult to get that only the best go to the U.S.
So this is our biggest problem. Are we creating funding in order to train people up so that they can go to the U.S.? Canadians are being hired like crazy in the U.S. because they know we're very well trained. We've had a lot of experience.
To answer your question, yes, I think we need a new funding model. I think the key is to fund things that make money on new platforms—mobile, YouTube, and so on.