The announcement was made in July. That increase corresponds to 20 per cent of the budget of the Canada Council for the Arts, which was $151 million, and has now been increased to $181 million. This is obviously good news for the arts community, which desperately needed this funding. We had to respond to that request by demonstrating the respect we all owe our artists and the members of this community.
That announcement was made by my predecessor. I picked up the congratulations when I took over the portfolio on August 14.