This is the first time I've ever been in front of a government committee. We've been active over the last couple of years on some provincial levels, so this is new.
The live sector does not wave the flag or look for a handout. I've been in business since 1977 and never asked for a dollar from any government source, so that is not really what I'm looking for. I'm just trying to get the dialogue out there.
I'll echo everything that Patti-Anne has talked about, and I mentioned in the brief statement I made, the model that the film industry created in this country has been incredibly successful. It has resulted in real work for real jobs with studios, contract work, encouraging even artists at an artistic level from technicians to real technological change in terms of what's happening on the technological side of the business from special effects and everything else. The same thing can happen in music. That's what I'd like to open up the doors to, so that we can create that platform.
