Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I too welcome you here this afternoon. Before discussing today's topic, I have an invitation for you, especially for Mr. McGillivray. This coming fall, the committee will begin a study on artists' living conditions. I feel that a number of points that you raised with us today could be looked at again at that time.
Ms. Carleton, you also mentioned some factors that specifically affect artists' living conditions. We would be delighted to hear what you have to say on the subject when we begin our study in the fall.
Ms. Carleton and Mr. McGillivray, you also made a number of recommendations to us about the CBC. Some come under the committee's purview; some a little less so. The committee is governed by a number of acts that define the work of Parliament and its relationship with CBC/SRC. However, I understand that greater and more stable funding might be an avenue that should be studied more closely.
Mr. Lloyd also said that, in this debate, we should not be pitting genres of non-commercial music against each other. I would like other members of the panel to tell me how we can avoid pitting genres of non-commercial music against each other so that, as Ms. Fry said, each of them can be heard on the public airwaves.