Good morning everyone.
This is meeting number 20 of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. We are conducting a study on the Canadian music industry.
Because of votes today, we are going to have two panels, but we've been working with our witnesses to put everything into one meeting starting now and running until one o'clock.
We will have the one panel of witnesses and, as a result, the opening remarks today will be limited to three minutes. I apologize to our witnesses for that, but you will have opportunity in the questioning to expand on your opening comments.
We have one witness appearing by telephone and two witnesses who are going to be with us today through video conference. Lula Lounge, which was scheduled to join us, were delayed by weather and so, unfortunately, they will not be with us today.
I am going to go through the list of the witnesses.
First of all, from the Institut de la statistique du Québec, we have Dominique Jutras, director, and Claude Fortier, project manager. By video conference from Richmond Hill, Ontario, we have from Warner Music Canada, Steven Kane, who is the president. By video conference from Vancouver, British Columbia, from Nettwerk Music Group we have Simon Mortimer-Lamb, president and CEO. From the Coup de coeur francophone, we have Alain Chartrand, executive and artistic director, who is here with us today. As well, by telephone from L'Équipe Spectra, we have François Bissoondoyal, director, and also Roseline Rico, vice-president.
When we get to the questions, I ask that our members not forget our folks joining us by video conference as well as our folks joining us by telephone.
We will start with the Institut de la statistique du Québec.
Mr. Jutras, you have the floor, for three minutes.