Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. We don't do them at the CMF, but I know our government officials have been in that conversation on a daily basis. It's ongoing. The models are on the table. They're looking at them. We do connect with those organizations on the content front. I'm going to shut up, because

Canadian Heritage committee  There are two things. You can focus on development and production and on having enough resources to do so in the country of Canada. We're trying to re-envision the CMF as we speak. We're going out for an industry-wide consultation starting in March to look at whether it's possibl

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  Are you asking me?

Canadian Heritage committee  No, it's not dead, but it's certainly suffering. The problem is that since the advent of the streamers coming into the country, we have had a two-tiered system. There is no question about it. It's a fact that our Canadian system is required to contribute to the making of conten

Canadian Heritage committee  Scott, I think how you are going to deal with the streamers is absolutely the biggest question you have. Believe me, I'm star-struck with you guys, because you have the biggest job in the country right now: to figure that out. I think fees are an option for sure. Whatever techniq

Canadian Heritage committee  Schitt's Creek is a really good example. I am told by the producers of that content that they shopped the idea all over the U.S., and there was absolutely no pickup for it. The CBC came in with the production community. It was developed. It got off to a bit of a rocky start, and

Canadian Heritage committee  Like every industry, the impacts at the beginning were devastating. Everything just ground to a halt. At the CMF, we had 1,500 projects that were shut down immediately. We were very fortunate that with the government's emergency relief program, we distributed $120 million to th

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Champoux, our conversation earlier was quite interesting. I want to start, and then I'm going to turn it over to Nathalie Clermont for a little more detail.

Canadian Heritage committee  All right. Yes, we are certainly open to it, and what would be fair, I think, is to have a discussion once the new program is developed. We know there's been some discussion to equalize it with the music industry, which would be 40%. Right now we're confined by the conditions of

Canadian Heritage committee  The issue of expansion versus contraction is about money, really. We know right now, as we see and support the sector at the CMF, that the BDU revenue is declining for the cable issues and the reduction of cable. That source of revenue to us was stabilized by the federal governme

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the members of the committee. I'm Valerie Creighton. As the chair mentioned, Nathalie Clermont, our vice-president of programs and business development, is also on the line. Your work on Bill C-10 is absolutely critical. It will

Canadian Heritage committee  It was just October when that closed.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's safer for us to let them do it.

Canadian Heritage committee  We, in turn, will allow them to build an envelope to participate, the same as the broadcast system.