Canadian Heritage committee  In Canada, I've been involved with organizations that do the distribution and the payments to the artist, and it's the efficiencies that need to come from those processes, just as Caroline has been stating. I think the adoption of that, in following those models from internatio

Canadian Heritage committee  Referring to Randy's question, in the industry, if we don't compensate the artist properly, you're building that gap. A lot of the artists will just leave the industry. They will only do it on a part-time basis: "I can't pay my rent, so I have to get another job." As successful a

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's a mix of both. There are things the government can do. In our recommendations, along with looking at the Copyright Board and the decisions they make, not just for these but further on, we say there are things they can do to try to control that and split the pie a bit

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. I couldn't agree with you more. The implications of those decisions are not focusing in on what's happened in the business model. It's been just....

Canadian Heritage committee  The exemption was supposed to be a temporary measure. It was for the smaller radio stations, which have now all been consolidated and bought out by the larger corporations like Bell and Rogers. I've seen the analysis of what's happened with the revenues over the years since that

Canadian Heritage committee  Just before the playoffs.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, and there's Quebec City as well. We are in constant conversation with Quebec City on going there for the Junos, and we're really trying to make sure that all of our properties, with all of our submissions—our nominating, voting—are in French as well, to give the French artis

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much for having us here today. I have been in the Canadian music industry for about 16 years. I'm a CPA by profession, so we all know how my brain works. I knew nothing about the industry when I first started, and I have grown to be a very passionate advocate for