If we want Canadians to continue listening to our own music, to listen to each other and to acknowledge each other through it, we must maintain a series of tools that will help us deal with a largely internationalized music market. I say "internationalized", not "Americanized".
If we want to maintain our position in our own country and internationally, we need a Canada Council that is strong, that supports creation and promotion. We need programs, like Musicaction, that support marketing. We need programs like the Canada Arts Presentation Fund, which supports presentation. We need a series of measures. What is currently lacking is international support.
The entire world may be interested in Canadian production. In our case, a lot of work remains to be done, as we recently saw at a number of fairs. In short, a whole series of existing measures must be consolidated and others implemented.