Good morning, everyone.
I am going to call to order meeting number 17 of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Today we are continuing our study of the Canadian music industry.
We are honoured to have a number of witnesses in our first hour.
From the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, also known as CARAS, we have Allan Reid, director, MusiCounts. We also have a Juno award-winning artist with us, Brett Kissel, along with his manager, Louis O'Reilly.
We'd like to hear from Mr. Reid first, for eight minutes.
Mr. Reid, you have the floor.