Canadian Heritage committee  We also need to ensure verification. Certainly the companies are very focused on data. Is that data going to be passed on? Naturally, one of our big requests is to ensure that Bill C‑11 gives us the tools to go and get this data. In cases where there is a compliance issue, we must have a mechanism that allows us to impose administrative penalties.

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Champoux. Are you talking about quotas or...?

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, that's what we call it today. To repeat what the chairperson said earlier in his answer, the CRTC has never chosen the programming. It sets out certain objectives, for example a quota for radio or television, whether for local news or for Canadian, francophone or other music programming.

Canadian Heritage committee  Over the last 50 years, Canada has built a system that relates to the audio market, the audiovisual market, our cable system, satellite distribution, and now all the Canadian operators who come online. The system is built on a set of government programs that include regulation by the CRTC.

Canadian Heritage committee  There are targets, but there are also algorithms. As our chairperson has explained a couple of times, we're not here to regulate algorithms or to butcher them. We're here to make sure that the objectives of the act are realized. We want to make sure that Canadian productions are accessible and that they are shown here and around the world.

Canadian Heritage committee  If I may, Mr. Scott, I'd like to make a comment.

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Champoux, these are questions we are constantly asking ourselves. I think the message our chair is trying to send you is that we are lagging behind legislative changes that may occur. The radio and music industry in Canada, be it English or French, is in trouble. We've decided to proceed with our study, as we have with many of our other key issues.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would actually like to add one clarification. Mr. Champoux, I don't feel that asking for our preference as to the legislative framework is the right question. What we want is for parliamentarians to give us major objectives that are clear and to tell us what their intentions are.

Canadian Heritage committee  Bill C-10 is intended to improve the existing act on a number of fronts. As our chairperson mentioned earlier, the task of the CRTC is to implement the measures intended in the major political outlines. Accordingly, we have different approaches for French content and English content and very specific measures as to Canadian content and French-language content.

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Rayes. Yes, we have to consider the different parties and entities that are before you and that will be before us a little later, in terms of the regulatory frameworks. You mentioned Netflix and the current players—

Canadian Heritage committee  The CRTC's opinion, which we provide in our report and which is the result of the work we have done on the legislative framework, is that we must have an approach that will indeed give us the flexibility to look for the advantages in regulations that may seem different, more appropriate, more flexible, and tailored to all the players.