Canadian Heritage committee  I mentioned two local production companies we work with in Canada. We've helped build up those local, independent production companies in Canada. When we work with those production companies, they build that expertise. When they go and pitch their stories to others, they have the

Canadian Heritage committee  I hope that many of them become a Disney one day. I have a question to clarify something for you, if I might. Bill C-11 is going to regulate Disney+, not our production arms. I think that those are two different things. Are they not?

Canadian Heritage committee  As I mentioned in my response to an earlier question, we believe that every production we produce in Canada contributes to the health of the Canadian ecosystem because we're training Canadian talent and we're producing infrastructure in the marketplace. Over and above that, in my

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for asking that question, because one of the things I wanted to say was that we launched Disney+ in Canada in November 2019, and we've launched in other foreign markets since that time and we continue to launch in other markets. We've understood from our subscribers tha

Canadian Heritage committee  I would argue that we are already producing a significant amount of content in Canada with a $3-billion spend in the marketplace over the last three years. There is a massive amount of production. We, from the market, are being driven to develop local content, so I think it's act

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much for the question, MP Uppal. I think, or I hope, I demonstrated in my opening remarks that we already are investing heavily in Canada and we hope to be able to invest more in Canada. We're investing in Canada because it's a great market to invest in, whether i

Canadian Heritage committee  It's largely Disney, because they are our own produced productions, yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  We launched Disney+ in Canada in November 2019, and we've launched in other markets around the world—

Canadian Heritage committee  Currently our productions in Canada are in English, but we are very proud of what we do in Quebec. I would like to just highlight those, if I can—

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question, MP Nater. I would begin by saying that every program that is produced in Canada contributes to the overall health of the Canadian AV ecosystem by training skilled workers and developing infrastructure. We also sometimes tell stories, as I mentioned, w

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair and members of the committee, for inviting me here today. I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the important relationship between Canada and the Walt Disney Company, as well as Bill C-11. Canada is one of Disney's top four production markets. In the las