Canadian Heritage committee  Is there anything else? You know, the challenge for all of us is trying to get the word out there. A lot of people don't know about discussions happening at a committee. Do you think there needs to be more time to actually meet with different communities as a group and get a better understanding?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll be splitting my time with the hon. MP Blaney. First of all, I'd like to thank everyone for coming today. Your input is very important. I've been talking to many indigenous groups, whether it's first nations or Métis—we don't have any Inuit in my riding—but the problem is they can't pick one date.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much. My next question is for Mr. Hynes. There was a suggestion that we have to be very respectful of the costs for businesses, and we have to be very mindful of that also. I heard that a lot of people said that there's a solution to this issue. We can rescind, maybe, Labour Day and add a national indigenous peoples day.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I'll share my time. We're running out of time here, so I want everyone to have a chance.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you to the witnesses for participating today. I've talked to many different groups over the past number of months. There are two lines of thought. From the younger generation, I hear about June 21 as a day of celebration, of celebrating culture, and a day of learning for the next generation.

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay, so are you going to look into it?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I'll continue with my earlier question regarding the CBC. They're somewhat...I shouldn't say “shady”, but they seem to be skirting the rules and not fairly compensating the creators. There are some copyright infringements that I heard about. Is your department monitoring what the CBC does?

Canadian Heritage committee  They report to Parliament. They don't talk about lawsuits against artists?

Canadian Heritage committee  You know, in the private sector we have corporations, and they have to follow the rules.

Canadian Heritage committee  Exactly, so who's monitoring the CBC?

Canadian Heritage committee  Do we have a report? Do you guys have any reports regarding the CBC's business activities?

Canadian Heritage committee  Are you aware of the copyright infringements, the remuneration—

Canadian Heritage committee  It's not to be against CBC. We just want to ensure that creators are fairly compensated, and CBC should be the crown jewel and doing it right. We're using—

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, and we should ensure that they're treating creators fairly.

Canadian Heritage committee  They should be an example, not the exception, because they're getting over a billion dollars of taxpayers' money every year. All we want to ensure is that the CBC does it right. I think, from my perspective, it's your job to ensure that the CBC follows the rules and is the crown jewel of how it should be done, and not go to the lowest denominator with, “Yes, that's okay; it's like everyone else.”