Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I've been looking forward very much to having a chance to talk to our witnesses, but before I do, I wanted to advise you that I'm going to be putting forward a notice of motion, and I think it's important, that the Standing committee on Canadian Heritage undertake a study of regional broadcasting under the Canada Media Fund and that the committee report this study to the House. I have my motion in both official languages. I'll just pass it on to the clerk.
Thank you very much.
Witnesses, thank you so much for being here.
I think I'll direct my questions towards Library and Archives Canada, not that I am not very fond of the CRTC.
I've been very cognizant of the absolute imperative nature of the work that LAC does. When we look back at this incredible history, this incredible treasure that you have collected and will collect in future, we cannot overstate how important it is to our history, to our sense of selves as Canadians.
I was concerned about some of the issues around staffing and budgets, because I know that you did experience some cuts. Now you have access to $360,000 for the music memories segment of the Canada Music Fund.
How do you spend that? How do you determine which musical pieces will be chosen from the program? It would seem to me there is this plethora of incredible possibilities out there. How do you decide?