Canadian Heritage committee  Just on that, for the last five or seven years, I've been getting documents sent to me by Statistics Canada that I have to spend a whole half a day on, inputting information about my artists, how much money they make, how many CDs, how much comes from foreign sales, and even abou

Canadian Heritage committee  Could I speak to one point that you brought up, about accessing funding? In English-speaking Canada, we do not have a talk-show format. In Quebec, if I had an artist like Brett, there would be 12 talk-show programs that he could get on. For instance, I am thinking of Pour l'amou

Canadian Heritage committee  But with Brett's career, we're trying to get him at a national level. There's no more Mike Bullard. There's no more Vicki Gabereau. So how do people in Fredericton, how do people in Saint John, how do people in Victoria hear about Brett Kissel? We need to tour him. So we put to

Canadian Heritage committee  I have just one more point on Allan's point. I was not an athlete. I was not a musician, but music touched my life and I ended up becoming a music manager. I have five kids. I have five staff. I have an office in Saskatoon. I'm a legitimate music business in Saskatoon, Saskatchew

Canadian Heritage committee  I think FACTOR is in tune with that. Would you say so, Allan?

Canadian Heritage committee  I would say more of the same for FACTOR. Keep it. FACTOR doesn't only touch artists. It touches managers. It touches the Western Canadian Music Awards, and it touches the Canadian Country Music Association, a lot of organizations where my artists get a start and grow. FACTOR touc

Canadian Heritage committee  In Canada I challenge all my artists to seek.... With Brett, I say you can play in the CFL or—no offence—you can play in the NFL. In Canada we live beside a big cultural industry called the United States, and it's very hard to overcome and compete with it. Just by comparison, w