One of the things I found reasonable was that, when we did receive our Canadian Heritage funding, the application process was quite acceptable. It wasn't a serious burden on us. Then the ability to get the cash in time.... It was all pretty quick, within six to eight months from the time we applied. We just wrapped up the project at the end of March.
One thing that we're recommending, especially on the CMF side of things, is that we separate it mostly from the traditional literary media, from film and TV. In Canada across the board, that's an approximately $10-billion industry, and video games are half of that revenue. However, on the CMF side of things, we receive only about 13% to 15% of the CMF funding. Seeing increases in that, as well as separating some of the board seats and some of the funds, should be prioritized for native Canadian intellectual property, as should having a more diverse viewpoint. A lot of the time the funding goes to traditional film and media rather than to the digital arts. It's something that changes rapidly. Having access to more of those funds would help us significantly.
