Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. I definitely think we need to have a better understanding of how complicated this industry is and how vastly different it is from traditional media. I just don't believe that it should be included as it is right now.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't believe the CRTC should be involved in social media. I believe the networks are trying their best to have control over an industry that is taking viewership away from them—

Canadian Heritage committee  Because I genuinely don't believe that is the—

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I'm feeling a little on edge here.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. I'll get back to you on that.

Canadian Heritage committee  Currently, no. Check back with me in six months, but as it stands right now, no. I think there are parts of the digital creation that shouldn't be legislated at this time until it's understood properly.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. I don't think we need to be approving what is Canadian content, bottom line. I am a Canadian creating content in Canada, end of discussion.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. Right now, approximately 19% are Canadian on the “following” side. On the “view” side.... I will just explain the difference. People can choose to follow you or just wait for you to come up on your feed. We get about 40 million to 60 million views a month on the other

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, you're correct on that. In Canada, there isn't a creator fund on TikTok. The only country that has creator funding, from my understanding currently—and I don't know if there are plans to change that—is the States. From speaking to creators in America, I know it's not the gr

Canadian Heritage committee  I think the legislation is a little broad in its writing, from my understanding. I believe there is a little too much grey area for the control from the CRTC on something like this. At the end of the day, if the CRTC has any say over what is pushed in the algorithm versus what is

Canadian Heritage committee  No, it doesn't.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. Speaking first-hand, when I booked my sitcom through CTV originally, the year prior to that I'd made $18,000, just like Mr. Gordey said, and then the next year I made $120,000, and 50% of it went to taxes. Even if it was giving me a leg up, it was quickly taken away.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. I see it all the time. I see it with creators from coast to coast to coast who weren't even in the industry of performing. Oorbee is an example. There's a creator on the east coast, Alicia Mccarvell, who has close to five million followers and is now under the comedia

Canadian Heritage committee  I wanted to say that, yes, you're including a lot of artists, but you're not including all of them. If you're going to pass a status act like this, you have to do your research and understand that digital creation is a part of the future. It's already happening now, but network t

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. I'm a proud member of ACTRA, just to be clear. I have my RRSPs with them. I take that TikTok money and I put it into my ACTRA RRSPs. However, I will say that ACTRA gets in the way sometimes. I recently had to turn down a $7,000 gig, which ACTRA denied me from being a