Canadian Heritage committee  You do it very well, thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Shields, we always try to work as a government to improve the situation of our heritage buildings. It's fundamental not only for all of us who have the privilege to work here but also for future generations that we can tell the stories and show things very concretely. The P

Canadian Heritage committee  What you mentioned before in terms of the monuments and statues is our responsibility, and it's something that we consider very seriously.

Canadian Heritage committee  They report to Parliament.

Canadian Heritage committee  The CBC, as with all other media, understands the importance that we give to our creators and artists and the importance of their being paid fairly for what they do. These people don't sell cars or glasses. They sell their stories and they create. They have to be well paid for t

Canadian Heritage committee  The CBC has to follow the rules too. We all have to follow them.

Canadian Heritage committee  Parliament is, and they have their own structure. They have a board of directors, actually, that—

Canadian Heritage committee  We have regular reports from all Crown corporations, absolutely. You can have access to those.

Canadian Heritage committee  Not that CBC would be worse or better than anybody else, but it's the first time I've heard this.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I will look—

Canadian Heritage committee  It is a crown jewel.

Canadian Heritage committee  But the first step—

Canadian Heritage committee  We always go for the best.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think that you, the members of the committee, have a very big task ahead of you to make sure that we have a good revision and a good copyright bill. I also want to thank you for all the work you do in that sense.

Canadian Heritage  Mr. Speaker, we have already been very clear about the issue of taxes. Not only is my department working on this extremely important file, but, as my colleague knows full well, we have also created an expert panel, which is reviewing the laws and conducting consultations. We wil