Merci, Monsieur Vincent.
I will not attempt to speak for the distributors of feature films in Canada. I believe they have a very efficient lobby organization that will be talking to you.
We do not have statistics that show there was a drop in viewership. That's not something my union tracks. We listen to the motion picture distributors about that, and they have statistics that show there has been a loss of earnings for motion picture exhibitors. I don't have those statistics, monsieur. I wish I could help you with that.
But a concern to us is the lack of downstream earnings from viewership of films being distributed, and the very small percentage that performers share in that revenue--it's 3.6% of downstream revenue from those productions. There's also a disincentive for filmmakers who are our members, like Sarah Polley, to produce when their films can be pirated and they will earn nothing from them. But I encourage this committee to seek more information from the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association to answer specifically Monsieur Vincent's question.