Canadian Heritage committee  You should ask Xavier Dolan that.

Canadian Heritage committee  He will give you an answer, because he produced his first film with his own money.

Canadian Heritage committee  Looking in the rearview, we would have preferred that the Competition Bureau not allow the merger that gave rise to virtually a single distribution company that goes after the majority of public funding. What's more, we are talking about a foreign company that has set up shop in

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's called capitalization funding. Not that long ago, many distribution companies were capitalized, Alliance Films, Films Séville, Maple Pictures, TVA and Equinoxe Films. A number of distributors could afford to invest in film, but that isn't the case anymore. You have E

Canadian Heritage committee  So it's necessary to once again regulate—

Canadian Heritage committee  —and restore the funding that was cut, especially to Radio-Canada.

Canadian Heritage committee  We finance the minimum amount guaranteed to producers through TV pre-sales. Radio-Canada is currently in a funding crisis, scaling back its investments by nearly 65%. That amounts, more or less, to passing the difference on to us. It's up to us to make up the shortfall. With the

Canadian Heritage committee  I will summarize as best I can. We have put forward proposals to improve the situation of independent film distributors in Quebec, who account for the majority of all distributors. They provide production funds for independent films, which constitute the majority of films produc

Canadian Heritage committee  Sorry?

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm just reading now. I'm not expanding.

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay.

Canadian Heritage committee  Can I finish?

Canadian Heritage committee  I cannot finish?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I would just like to add to Andrew's opening statement. It is in fact fairly ironic to see that Entertainment One, which merged three Quebec and Ontario film companies, controls 90% of public money, in addition to being a tax shelter. That company evades taxes. It is