The content we see of Black people comes from the United States, generally.
In the history of Canadian television, prior to 2020, there have only been four TV drama series made by and about Black communities. When it comes to feature films, it takes between nine and 13 years to make a feature film—from a first to a second feature film. There has been very little on traditional platforms.
With the emergence of the new platforms, we're seeing user-generated content, which is great. It's providing opportunities for under-represented groups to have a voice and for emerging talent to have an opportunity to grow their talent, but again, we want to see choice. We want to be able to ensure that Black content creators have access to the bigger budgets to make the dramas, comedies and documentaries that a large percentage of the population wants to see.