Regardless, we all agree that when the Liberals were elected, Ms. Joly, your predecessor, said that the situation made no sense, that the ecosystem wasn't working any more, and that we had to fix it. Four years later, nothing has changed and the safety of cultural content has not improved whatsoever for Quebec even though it has invested to ensure that its society is represented on the screens of every platform. Today we are dealing with a series of unregulated platforms. It is very worrisome.
Look at how courageous France was in fighting the European Union to get — and its not nothing — these corporations to pay their taxes. We would like these major U.S. companies to pay their corporate taxes, collect tax on transactions, including GST, and to guarantee 30% local content. Those are some stand-up people. Why wait so long? Why have we lost four years? I want to believe that you are waiting for the interim recommendations, but at least tell me that you're going to enforce them. You told industry stakeholders to trust you, or the Conservatives would come back and cause problems.
I ask the chair to allow me to read the motion I moved the last time. We haven't voted on it. It says:
That the Committee take interest in our cultural industries and in the challenges of the digitization of the economy, and undertake a study on interim measures which could be adopted in the short term to support the Canadian cultural and media system; and that the Committee make recommendations and report its findings to the House before June 1, 2019.
I ask that we vote on this proposal that I talked to you about and which you all received. Thank you.