Thank you, Mr. Julian.
In terms of the independent production community, they have put forward a very strong case, which I won't make for them, that they need to have regulated amounts of production provided to them through the system. I'm sure they are arguing for that for any new digital broadcasters that would be brought into the system.
We already face a number of requirements. To access certain funds, we have to work with independent producers in our own production, and there are a myriad of other requirements for the kinds of programs that we can either produce internally or with external partners as the independent producers.
I think that's what we're talking about. It's that myriad layer of regulations we face as a Canadian company working in the broadcasting sector that our foreign competitors simply do not have to work with. There are two ways to solve that: Either you can increase the amount of regulation on the foreign competitors or you can decrease the amount of regulation on Canadian companies.
As I said in my opening statement, the status quo is not sustainable. We cannot continue to operate in a world where Canadian companies have all of the obligations put on them and the foreign competitors that are operating in the exact same marketplace face none of the same restrictions and obligations.