Canadian Heritage committee  Okay.

Canadian Heritage committee  What date has been proposed so far? Obviously June 21 is your preference.

Canadian Heritage committee  Tracking it would be very difficult, especially if something went into private hands and then was gifted or sold. I think that would be a big challenge in itself.

Canadian Heritage committee  Obviously there are a lot of problems for all forms of media, whether music, visual or other arts. What would you like this committee to know? What can we do to ensure that there is remuneration and that the creators are properly compensated?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you to the witnesses for coming in today and informing us. I learned a lot. Madam Bertrand, in your presentation you mentioned that one third of the artists get copyright. How important is it for these artists to get copyright? I see that two-thirds do not.

Canadian Heritage committee  You know the copyright process. I'm not sure what goes on. Is that an expensive venture for a lot of these artists? I assume it costs something to get a copyright.

Canadian Heritage committee  We have 180 artist-run centres. I believe you said that 77 receive core funding. Is there a reason why the other ones do not get core funding? Do they not qualify? Why are there only 77 of them getting core funding?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. My next question is for Émilie. You mentioned something about resale rights. How far does it go down the chain? Every time a piece changes hands, do you want a fee or a tax associated with it?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for that, but it does affect the rest of the report. We're changing definitions. Quite frankly, we should spend more time on this. Rushing to a decision is not what we should be doing.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I find it very insulting that we get all this information last minute. We're not doing any service to the aboriginal people who want to have a bill that's relevant, and will be relevant for years to come. We're jumping around from clause 2, back and forth.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I'll make a little side comment. At the end of the day, it's the consumers who decide what they want to watch. Unfortunately, there's the piracy end of things. That's a really big challenge, and I assume that the dollar value is significant. That's being led through the networks.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I thank the witnesses for coming today and talking business, and this is all about business. When I was growing up, we didn't have a lot of choice. We were limited to what was available at the stores and on the radio and TV. However, that has changed. I don't think industry has caught up yet to the reality that we can get programming from all around the world.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I want to talk a little bit about revenue sharing as time has progressed. Obviously, before the platform there were hard copies, such as CDs or DVDs. It seemed there wasn't as much talk about remuneration for the artist. However, once it switched from the hard copy model to downloading and then streaming, there seemed to be less and less pie left over for the artist.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I thank Mr. Kee for coming out and presenting from the perspective of Google. I had the opportunity to talk to some artists who have a different viewpoint. They think the system is working well for them and they use the digital media platform to encourage people to come to their concerts, to get a following.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. In some instances, a lot of artists enter a market through YouTube. They get a following and they're able to get their work out there. What are the challenges, do you think, for the artists who rely just on content? Do you think they have to change their model to survive, or do you think that we should rejig the remuneration somehow to ensure artists who just produce content but don't do the other things....