Senator Richards: I’m sorry, Your Honour.

Senator Richards: Thank you.

After Bill C-69, I think I know what the other place thinks of the amendments we put on a bill. But if this pre-study does give this bill a legitimacy it doesn’t deserve and if it is anything like Bill C-10, who decides what Canadian content is? There are always gatekeepers who believe they have the idea of identity priorities. That, in itself, is dangerous to anyone who believes in artistic independence. I believe solely in artistic independence, and I think the gatekeepers will always be there. This bill supports not real independence but the gatekeepers who decide what Canadian content is. Will you answer that, sir?

Hon. David Richards: Senator Gold, would you take a question, please?