Canadian Heritage committee  I do 1,200 shows a year.

Canadian Heritage committee  I wasn't really clear on the question. Were you saying there was no money for artists?

Canadian Heritage committee  I'd like to sort of split where that discrepancy could be, because on the live side, if you're going out and performing, you're being paid. There's no artist who works with me who isn't being paid; I can guarantee you that. That may be somebody who writes the music and isn't goin

Canadian Heritage committee  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

Canadian Heritage committee  I think there are three elements. I'd echo what Mike was just saying. I'd like to see that as Music Canada...the live presenters in this country are just starting to be vocal and get together and collaborate and wave the flag of what we really believe is a major story on the econ

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm referring to performing arts centres of arenas because those are the major places that drive the economic standard. The other thing is education. It's one way of changing how everybody thinks about music and knowing the importance of what it really means. Canadians are inher

Canadian Heritage committee  It's kind of broad based. I've been sort of mulling this over for a while. I'd like to see some recognition of Canadian acts that tour Canada. It's very expensive for these acts. For a lot of the acts, their only real income is the Canadian live music scene, and really what they

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, we're already a mecca. I mean, Toronto is number three in the North American concert market. Canada is one of the largest touring countries for its size of a 35 million population. I think what some of the focus, though, in terms of even going back to the tourism question i

Canadian Heritage committee  I want to add to that. To echo everybody's sentiment here, and also just in terms of the last witnesses from the previous session, education, in terms of music, also brings respect. With that respect would come less downloading music for free, because if you're part of an integr

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I'm chairman of Live Nation Canada. I've been in the business in Canada as a promoter since 1977. I started in Vancouver, worked my way up from being a stagehand at the Montreal Forum, and I'm an electrician by trade. What I really want to emphasize today.... I had s