I understand, but it's a question I had to ask. It's on everyone's mind, even those who don't want us to talk about it. They all know that this has been said. I won't ask you to comment any further.
However, I will say this. I went to the Netflix site earlier. Using an iPhone app—which I'm sure is similar on an iPad—I calculated that there were 13 rows. The first row contained 77 choices, which ends up being about 1,000 titles. You can imagine that it's voluntary. I didn't do all this while you were talking because I was listening to you. In the 77 choices in the first row, I didn't see any Canadian content.
So that's what we're facing today, and it's the most important issue. We will have to find a way without it becoming politically unbearable for some of us. We will have to look into this issue.
I'm 51. Canadian content in the various media has made all the difference and exposed me to other things. I remember the first Canadian series I watched. It was The Friendly Giant. A few years later, it was The Beachcombers. These days, there are shows like Little Mosque on the Prairie and Corner Gas.
As you said, it's easier in Quebec because of the larger audience, the language barrier, our abundant productivity and our knack for storytelling. However, a local content quota was imposed on broadcasters who wanted to obtain the right to use the airwaves in their area. The big question for film production in Canada is this: what are we going to do? The answer is far from simple.
I invite all committee members to take a look at the book called The Birth of Korean Cool. I got interested in this by flipping through L'actualité and because one of my neighbours in Longueuil—let's call her Geneviève Duquette—told me that she loves Korean television, which surprised me. The site she told me about was dramafever.org. I'm only talking about the focus, but there is an entire cultural policy around this.
Excuse me for my very long preamble.
How do you think we can focus our study on tangible solutions related to multiplatforms? Ultimately, how can we avoid having the CRTC ultimately say that it is not mandated to study this?