Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
Welcome to our guests. I apologize for not getting here sooner.
I want to talk about the solution, because that is why we are here. It was no coincidence that the committee proposed 5.4 per cent. There was a precedent. This was done with film producers. For example, Productions Rivard, a producer from our region, and producers in Ottawa and the Maritimes were not getting their fair share of funding. They were getting only 7 p. 100, when their share should have been between 11 per cent or 12 per cent. So we proposed 12 per cent, and I think that it was ultimately set at 10 per cent.
If we talk to those producers today, we find that they are delighted with this solution. It has worked very well. We have tried to do the same thing with community radio stations, but it didn't necessarily work.
You feel that this solution still has merit. However, when I went to your annual meeting three weeks ago in Winnipeg, I met a participant from France who represented some several hundred community radio stations. He had another solution under which private radio stations set aside a certain amount of money for community radio stations.
If you had to choose between these two solutions, which one would you prefer? They are two different things, are they not?