I would add to my esteemed colleagues' remarks that aside from the difficulties of procuring financing, another challenge facing the production community is access to screens, both big and small. You've had other witnesses, and we've mentioned here today, the fact that there has been a dramatic decrease in the broadcasting of Canadian feature films, especially English-language Canadian feature films, because of the ways that the big screen exhibition system works. With so much weight given to the Hollywood product, it's hard for Canadian features to access screens, big and small.
On March 23rd, 2015. See this statement in context.