Thank you very much, Chair.
Thank you for your very erudite presentations. It's been very invigorating, really, to hear such considered opinions about music. And I commend Mr. Siksay for pursuing this issue and for bringing you to us via long-distance hookup.
I'm getting this sinking feeling that what we're witnessing here is the classical music equivalent of the cancellation of the Avro Arrow. I don't say that tongue-in-cheek at all. I really mean it.
I'm also getting the sense that what the CBC is trying to do is use the model used in film in Canada for classical music. In other words, let's maybe have a funding organism, like the Canada Council, independently funding private sector initiatives in artistic development. While it works for film, I'm not so sure it would work in the area of classical music.
My first question is to Ms. Danielson.
Do you believe that the symphony orchestras across Canada, as a rule, are paying enough attention to new works by Canadian composers? I know that many orchestras like to reserve part of their program for new works, generally, and probably for good reason, maybe because of commercial pressure or what have you. But do you find that they're just not able to showcase enough Canadian composers, like Murray Schafer and Ms. Coulthard? Is it Jean Coulthard?