Thank you, Mr. Louis, for reminding us about the importance of all those things.
This bill will plays a major role for the Canadian cultural sector. This is why it's gotten so much support from the music, video, television and the movie industries. It's really time that we move on. The act has been out of date for what, about 40 years? I think this is a well- balanced bill that brings fairness to the system. This is what it's all about: levelling the playing field and having a fair system.
We have the streamers, which I love. Listen, I watch a lot of stuff on Disney. I'm a Star Wars fan. I watch stuff on Netflix, and this and that. They have no obligations, whereas other traditional broadcasters have all kinds of obligations. I think it's time that we level the playing field and that the streamers contribute to Canadian culture.
Listen, some of them are already doing it. That's great. We love it. Is it possible to do more? Can we discuss and do things together? At the same time the bill is very flexible, in that it will tell a streamer, based on their own business model, that this is how things could work. Let's discuss with them, based on their own business model, what is different and how we can work together. There's a very flexible and collaborative approach in this.
I think it's important to protect our culture. It's who we are. It's our past, present and future. It's the way we tell our stories. We made a decision a long time ago to be different from our neighbours to the south. We love them, but hey, we're not them. We're different.
We put in place mechanisms to support our industries, actors, producers, directors and singers. This is what it's all about—supporting the music, film and video industries. I don't know why some people refuse to support them. It's very sad, but we'll be there for them.