I don't know if I benefited from it in the signing aspect, because literally there was a boot mark from kicking me out of most of the studios and record companies at the time, but I will say that I think it probably helped.
In the same way that a percentage of the music that is played in France has to be French content, I think the same thing has helped Canadian artists, without a doubt, here in Canada. Without a regulatory system, a mandatory system, for playing Canadian music, we'd just be playing what the hits are south of the border. We would never have recognized Canadian talent, so I think it's been helpful.