Canadian Heritage committee  I completely agree. We were very supportive of the FairPlay application that was made to the CRTC, because as Brad indicated, it can be very expensive to try to rid the Internet of something that is made available on a myriad of sites. The challenge of the current structure is th

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we're happy you raised that.

Canadian Heritage committee  The third point was about carving out space for feature films within the broadcast requirements for Canadian content.

Canadian Heritage committee  What we find currently is that the CPE or the exhibition requirements that are on Canadian broadcasters—which, I would note, are on only Canadian broadcasters, and not on foreign players—

Canadian Heritage committee  —represent a broad requirement to air Canadian content, and there's no special head for theatrical feature films.

Canadian Heritage committee  We're finding that with the consolidation in the marketplace, we have good partners like Brad who are continuing to buy CanCon feature films, but other broadcasters are more focused on television series, which means it's harder and harder to get television broadcast eyeballs for

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. We're very supportive of that.

Canadian Heritage committee  The way the remuneration models currently work is that we partner with the producer of the film, who has entered into agreement with the creators, location managers and the like, and we are delivered a finished film or presented with a script and promised delivery of a finished f

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, absolutely. The Netflix point was one. The other one was the film distribution policy. Our existing film distribution framework is based on a 1988 policy, which was obviously created before the Internet was a twinkle in anyone's eye. That policy outlines that Canadian-owne

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, right.

Canadian Heritage committee  No. Can you just repeat the question?

Canadian Heritage committee  What we find, especially in respect of English-language Canadian productions, is that we may be able to receive exhibition space for one week or for two weeks with the theatrical exhibitors but we're up against the behemoths of the Marvel movies and the superhero success stories.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's a great question. As Brad indicated, the direct-to-consumer model and the on-demand model are more and more a function of every licence that we're doing. It's very rare now that you do a deal where they aren't looking for some sort of an on-demand capacity. I also

Canadian Heritage committee  Good morning, Chair and members. Thank you for having me here today. My name is Emily Harris. I'm president of the Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters, or CAFDE, which represents the Canadian film distribution industry and its members on matters of national i