Canadian Heritage committee  One of the programs we have at CIRAA, which is probably our most coveted program, is our mentorship program. What we do is that we work closely with established, successful, Canadian artists. This month, for instance, we have Wayne Petti of Cuff the Duke, who's an award winner wh

Canadian Heritage committee  Just to briefly step in as well, in the same survey, I don't have the statistics, but—

Canadian Heritage committee  And to stimulate innovation in start-ups, I would add. That's a strong role in collective initiatives currently, through FACTOR. You get new business opportunities coming through that.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. His success is a clear accolade to what FACTOR and similar organizations are doing. We strongly believe that sort of intervention needs to continue. We need to see artists having the opportunities all along that supply line, from when they enter into the music industr

Canadian Heritage committee  The way we look at it is that there are music businesses as we currently see them. These are record labels, publishers, distributors, organizations, and award shows. Then there are artist entrepreneurs who have created businesses and in many cases are operating small businesses a

Canadian Heritage committee  That 3,400 includes everyone in FACTOR?

Canadian Heritage committee  We'd like to thank you for the opportunity to appear in front of you today. The digital frontier of Canada's music industry has empowered independent artist entrepreneurs by means of a fully integrated business ecosystem. It is now viable for musical acts to establish an intimat

Canadian Heritage committee  Over the past seven years, FACTOR has contributed just over $105 million in total offerings. Of that $105 million, $97 million, or 93%, has gone to signed artists and music businesses, with a paltry 6.8% going to all of Canada's artist entrepreneurs. Another way to put it is that