Thank you very much.
Thank you to the witnesses for your presentations this morning. It's a very interesting discussion, for sure.
This Sunday I logged on to YouTube and could listen to the top 40 hits for February all free. You can do that any day, which really causes one to wonder how those artists make money and a living today. It's not just the top 40, but it's everywhere. You go to a bluesfest or a jazzfest and you go home and you can go onto YouTube and look for those songs, the music, those artists and you can listen to them and it doesn't cost you anything.
When I hear what you're saying this morning with regard to where music sales have gone in the country, a drop by 46% since 2008, and how this is affecting artists and how they are able to contribute artistically via their music in this country, I can see where your concerns are.
It's very interesting that you just talked about live streaming and the fact that nobody is making money off it. My question this morning would be, what would your recommendations be to our committee to go forward to the federal government and how we make changes in the country to allow for some profitability for these artists and people who are involved in the music industry?