Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Mr. Wallace, for the great question. Each dollar invested in our industry creates green jobs. For each dollar invested you're going to generate seven dollars worth of investment out of that, creating good jobs for Canadians. Thank you.

Finance committee  I was just trying to find out exactly, but it's over 5%, Ms. Bennett.

Finance committee  Yes, they are doing five times as well.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  The capital cost allowance structure that was in place in the eighties certainly created a lot of product, and not necessarily the best. Certainly, lawyers and dentists and accountants, as you said, made a lot of money, and not necessarily good films, in that process. We're looking for tax credits that encourage production, and encourage investment in this country.

Finance committee  Ms. Bennett, you hit on something that of course is an ongoing irritant for us, and it is Jeopardy and the Wheel of Fortune being used as lead-ins to the Canadian content that we find in prime time on the CBC. Certainly, we support the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and believe not only that its public support should be maintained, but it should, in our view, be increased.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Carrier, for that question. The situation in Quebec is clearly difficult. I leave it to our Quebec francophone colleagues to petition you on that matter. The situation with English language feature film is even more desperate. Just to quote a quick statistic, over 99% of films shown in Canada in the English language are non-Canadian feature films.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Pacetti. Just to clarify, we're not talking about regulating the Internet. We're not suggesting that this is Saudi Arabia or China. We're talking about broadcasting specifically, and about 50% of the material that's currently on the Internet can be said to be broadcasting, so we are suggesting that the Internet and broadcasting on the Internet is just another platform for content delivery.

Finance committee  It certainly hasn't hindered investment in the broadcasting sector, as we've seen, and there has been a lot of consolidation going on recently, as you are well aware. There is money to be made in the sector and we would suggest there is money to be made in broadcasting on the Internet as well, and it would attract investment, sir.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Mulcair. There are a variety of means by which we would like to see investment in the industry increase. We already have a tax credit system that is quite efficient. However, it could be expanded, and as we suggest, we would like to see and we urge the government to consider expanding the tax credit system to include all costs associated with a production.

Finance committee  Thank you, Tyrone. Our second recommendation is greater incentives to trigger greater private investment in content creation. Tax credits are an efficient way to increase Canada's competitiveness, attract investment, and reward risk. We urge you to look at increasing the value of Canadian film or video production tax credits and the production services tax credits.

Canadian Heritage committee  The audio recording devices--

Canadian Heritage committee  It's not a tax.

Canadian Heritage committee  Is that a question, Mr. Del Mastro?

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay. Just to be clear, Mr. Del Mastro, the proposal is for the levy to extend to digital audio recording devices, that is to say, iPods and MP3 players, not—