Good morning to everybody on the committee.
My name is Paul Novotny. With me is my colleague, Ari Posner. We represent the Screen Composers Guild of Canada, the SCGC.
The SCGC is the industry's national not-for-profit professional trade association. We represent the interests of our members with regard to communicating to producers, broadcasters and government agencies.
The SCGC was formed in 1980 and since 2003 has been certified under the federal Status of the Artist Act. Screen composers create original music for film, television and documentary. That media is exported internationally, around the world.
Unlike Bryan Adams, you might not have known our names until today, but you may very well know our work. I'm going to invite Ari to tell you a little about what he has been doing.