The achievement that comes immediately to mind is what French-Canadian producers have been able to do with the Canadian Television Fund. They obtained an agreement that guaranteed that 10% of the $100 million for Canadian production would really be dedicated to French-Canadian production. Excuse me for having said that it was $100 million; it is now only $89 million.
It began as a basic principle, but it is now an integral part of the agreement with Canadian Heritage and the Canadian Television Fund. This 10% constitutes a floor and not a ceiling under the agreement.
I think that is an achievement because it currently guarantees $8.9 million for French-Canadian producers. It gives them an opportunity to create cultural products that reflect our reality and that will be aired on different networks, because the producers are no longer dealing only with the CBC, but also with TVA, ARTV and various specialty channels.
However, as I said somewhat earlier, these products still do not have a large enough viewership. There is not enough distribution, and a way needs to be found, with the CBC among others, to ensure that these quality programs are distributed more effectively to the Canadian francophonie. Furthermore, some Acadians have said that they were not very much aware of what was happening in the West, and I would say that some Quebeckers are not very much aware of what is happening in the Canadian francophonie. So these are examples of successful achievements, but there are other challenges to be met; we need to be able to take things still further.
While still on this topic, producers in the film industry consider that a dollar spent by the government makes it possible to obtain $5 or $6 from other sources, and that creates jobs.