You could have warned us that this storm was coming, Mr. Chair.
I would like to clarify the end of our discussion just now, when I was talking about the museum issue. Yes, I know that the Department of Canadian Heritage supports museums a lot and I perhaps misspoke when I talked about the Village Québécois d’Antan. I would like to emphasize that people from the department were a huge help to us in our endeavours. However, we were not eligible for accreditation as a museum institution. The criteria to obtain it need revision, we feel. That is what I wanted to clarify.
My colleague was talking to you just now about royalties and the cultural industry, particularly the cultural industry in Quebec. I have had the opportunity to gather a lot of information on this in recent weeks. The entire industry is suffocating. We know that digital platforms that pay inadequate royalties or none at all are a major concern.
In this report on the future of communications in Canada, we talk about the urgency of action on behalf of the cultural industry. This is where the urgency currently lies.
When, specifically, do you believe you will be in a position to put something in place to revise the royalty scheme and require that the Internet giants pay them?