Finance committee  Yes, we find that the program, in the way it's designed and administered, is providing us with adequate support.

Finance committee  It does relate to non-fiction titles.

Finance committee  It relates to non-fiction titles that meet the criterion authored and/or edited by Canadians. I think that's the chief criterion.

Finance committee  Workbooks don't qualify. I don't know the nature of your book, sir, but my company, Canadian Scholars' Press, is a publisher of academic works. Almost all of them are non-fiction--we hope they're non-fiction--and we get a reasonable subsidy from BPIDP.

Finance committee  No. I'm out of breath.

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Our subject today is not the physical health but the cultural health of our great country. I think we've got the solution to better jobs. Reading books, we know, leads to better jobs, higher income, and a more productive economy. So while the pills are being taken, we also suggest at least one book a month to keep our cultural life active.