Canadian Heritage committee  May I just add briefly to that? It's hard to argue against consumer choice. I think that in the long term, choice and making it cheaper will have the absolute opposite effect. I think there will be less choice, fewer options, and because of that, I think what's left will be more

Canadian Heritage committee  They are very recent, so we haven't seen their total impact yet, but they will bring in a sense of stability. Right now in Calgary you're seeing the building of a brand new sound stage, the first time that has happened in Alberta. It's something that's always been lacking in Albe

Canadian Heritage committee  The Alberta government consulted quite extensively with the Alberta industry and with the union's, guilds, producers, suppliers, and industry stakeholders. Alberta film is booming right now. The Canadian industry is booming right now. We're having a hard time supplying crew in so

Canadian Heritage committee  It was 2012. We're not saying cancel; we're saying limit. We're just saying that we have to be careful that it doesn't become any larger, because it really puts pressure on the industry. It's not just our people; it's the equipment houses that are asked to donate all the equipm

Canadian Heritage committee  Right.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's right, its the grind.

Canadian Heritage committee  No.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. I am referring to economic safety. Alberta works on a slightly different basis; they have a tax grant program and not a tax credit program. There have unfortunately been a series of productions that defaulted in Alberta. It became very problematic. That's why the Alberta gov

Canadian Heritage committee  I think they should. I think every province that offers this kind of a grant system should. It's your money and you should make sure that that money's being used appropriately and with accountability.

Canadian Heritage committee  How much time do we have? It's funny. These submissions were written—

Canadian Heritage committee  Stability is not what I would call what the CRTC has been doing lately.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, because the budgets are micro-budgets. It's to help the filmmakers coming out of school get their first feature film. There's a place for it, and I'm not saying throw it out, but I think we have to be careful about how large that program becomes. And it tends to be very regi

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's a prerequisite for everyone from the industry that we have to mention the grind. I think it's an unwritten code in the industry that when we come here, we all have to mention the grind. There is a cost. All these things are costly. Again, I do want to preface those

Canadian Heritage committee  In a short word, yes. It's an industry that's quite integrated between large U.S. productions and indigenous Canadian industry. Those large U.S. productions create the infrastructure, create the sound stages, the equipment rental houses, but also create expertise at the crew leve

Canadian Heritage committee  I will agree with one point your previous panel talked about: marketing is essential. This committee in its previous incarnation spoke in some of your earlier reports, from 2008, and Telefilm spoke about a minimum marketing budget, but it has also talked about a minimum productio