Canadian Heritage committee  Hi. My name is Oorbee Roy. I'm a mother, wife, skateboarder and Canadian. I come here as an individual who's trying to make a living as a digital content creator to discuss Bill C-11 and how it affects me. I don't have a million followers. I don't make hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Canadian Heritage committee  If I'm being honest, I'm not sure how I really feel about a universal basic income. I'm inclined to say it's not necessary, but having the income averaging over the course of several years would be beneficial. I'm saying that as somebody who has been a freelancer in some respect since I left Wall Street, and I do think that including digital creators....

Canadian Heritage committee  I did have a chance to speak to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and it was a great opportunity. I'm not sure if they really understood. There's a lot of nuance here, and I think that maybe we just need to have more opportunity—maybe a seat at the table—so that people understand what we're doing a little more.

Canadian Heritage committee  Can I say something? I don't have the specific section, but maybe I can just explain a little bit more. The algorithm on TikTok pushes content out to users. If you're a user and you watch 10 videos, those are chosen by TikTok according to a certain algorithm. What happens is that, if you start to regulate this and push CanCon, 40% of that content has to be registered Canadian content.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm going to piggyback on what Darcy said and say that I just [Technical difficulty—Editor] digital space. I do believe that people are trying to help artists, but I don't think there's enough understanding of what digital content creators are doing. I think that would probably help.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for your question. I think maybe the world needed a little joy and positivity when I started my TikTok account, so I think some of it was timing. In Darcy's case, he's able to make a lot of money with brand partnerships, and I haven't found that same level of success yet.

Canadian Heritage committee  Sure. Thank you, MP Thomas, for your question. I'm comfortable answering the question, but I'll answer by telling a story, because I'm a storyteller. Picture me back at the beginning of the pandemic. Locally, there was a big drive to make masks for the community. I took some fabric from my last business and donated a bunch of fabric.

Canadian Heritage committee  Hi, everybody. My name is Oorbee Roy. I'm a digital content creator and adult skateboarder. I started skateboarding at the age of 43 so I could spend more time with my kids. My husband was already skateboarding. Once my kids started skateboarding, I knew I didn't want to be the mom standing on the sidelines videotaping my whole family living their best lives, so I took a couple of lessons.