No, not at all. In fact, the people in my field of endeavour — and most probably the others as well — reacted with complete disbelief. We failed to understand why such a small amount of money would be cut. As small as it is, this amount of money delivers major results for many Canadian artists. It was therefore completely incomprehensible that it be cut.
The first question that everyone asked was the following: if such small amounts, that are so important, are being cut, what is going to happen with the larger amounts?