I'll recommend that the committee read the testimony of Andrew Morrison. He testified with me at heritage a couple of weeks ago. He is a member of The Jerry Cans. He is from Iqaluit. They were on the Junos. Actually, the night before he testified they had been at the National Arts Centre. They're a fantastic band.
He testified at length, extemporaneously, without notes—unlike me—unrehearsed—unlike me—and delivered this brilliant explanation of how it was affecting him, and how it was changing his life and his band's life not to be able to receive proper remuneration when his music is experienced other than live.
Now, if your income is restricted to live performance, around the world some of the most impacted performers are those who live in remote and rural locations. They have extra travel time. They have extra costs. If you're on Vancouver Island, you have a ferry fee. If you're in Belfast and you want to go to England, you have ferry fees, and in some cases you're in fly-in communities. Every time you circumscribe the amount of money that is in the marketplace, some of the hardest hit people are the people you're talking about.
Rory is a chamber of commerce friend of mine. I've spent a lot of time up in the Soo and it has a great music scene. I think this is a question of doing everything we can. This is not just about major players.
Andrew's point was that it's niches that are being hurt. Some people used to think that the only people who were going to be hurt were the big guys and that they were just going to disappear and that the niche people would.... That's not what's happening.