Canadian Heritage committee  There is government funding for marketing. Telefilm provides a marketing envelope for feature films. I think part of the problem is that in English Canada there's not a lot of screen space for Canadian films. I'm talking about cinema space for Canadian films. I think that's a b

Canadian Heritage committee  I wanted to add one thing to that. Most of our members have tried—and I've tried myself through an art distribution company—to access the Canadian English market through Telefilm, but Telefilm will not recognize distributors from Quebec to distribute films in English Canada, whic

Canadian Heritage committee  We'd love to be present and to be working with producers in English Canada. Telefilm doesn't allow us to do that.

Canadian Heritage committee  It seems ridiculous.

Canadian Heritage committee  Certain regulations around Canadian content were relaxed. English-language TV networks in Canada used to buy films all the time. For example, Citytv used to broadcast Canadian films every day, but that's no longer the case. The network doesn't buy films anymore.

Canadian Heritage committee  Specifications are gone. CBC spends very little on films, and budgets at Radio-Canada have been slashed so much. They were our main partner.

Canadian Heritage committee  —instead of deregulate,

Canadian Heritage committee  Hi. Thank you for receiving us. The Regroupement des distributeurs indépendants de films du Québec has existed since 2008. It was established by independent distributors of Quebec films after the temporary closing of Cinéma Excentris—Cinéma Parallèle at the time—which created a