Mr. Speaker, I would first like to congratulate my dear colleague for her very vibrant and inspiring speech.
At a certain point in my life, I was a songwriter and three of my songs were in the top ten on the charts at the same time. I automatically received my royalties, which were just crumbs, insignificant amounts. These songs were also played in Europe, and I received a lot of money. When I heard that the Copyright Act would be modernized I said to myself that we would finally get a little bit more money and that it would be an incentive to write songs. What I have learned is that artists and creators will lose $126 million.
That is very disappointing and depressing and I would like to hear what my colleague has to say about it.