We always look at the production sector in Canada, both domestic production and service production, and we try to do no harm to each other. They're very different business models, but they are very good businesses and create a lot of jobs for artists, directors, actors and crews. While I may not personally believe that the service industry is the one that my company wants to be in for fulfillment, I do believe it has a big, important role in our country and the support that we have been given by provinces and the federal government with respect to tax credits and things has been a very good business tool to create business and create employment.
Where I do take exception is where a foreign studio comes and takes money from the system and doesn't put that money back into the system.
We have a conference right now called Prime Time, and we had quite an animated panel this morning with a member from Netflix and the head of the CBC having a conversation that went down a bit of a rabbit hole into cultural imperialism. I thought that might have been a bit stark for her to have said, but the reality is if we're going to have Canadian companies and Quebec companies that are telling truly Canadian stories and Canadian reflections, then we need to have strong companies that are supported, and we need to have companies, as you say, that have infrastructure and have the wherewithal to take chances and develop and train new people to join the system.
The service companies, the foreign companies that come in, are using the best of the best. They don't necessarily have any interest in developing talent or youth or expanding Canadian companies.
I really believe that support of independent production companies is important for us to continue to do what we do and to help the next generation of Canadians to continue to do what we do.