SOCAN now receives more revenue than it previously did, but the royalty distribution involves fewer Canadians.
As I said in my opening statement, when we compare revenue from traditional sources to revenue from online undertakings, Canadians receive 34% of traditional revenue but only 10% of revenue from digital media. Revenue has declined by 69%. It's a dire situation.
I don't know whether Mr. Geist meant that it was good to distribute money internationally. We're interested in the Canadian music sector, and francophone music is currently in crisis. Our revenue is declining. The general rise in the music sector benefits only a handful of international artists, but there has been very little benefit for the local music that's produced in a language other than English.
That's the point I wanted to make here.