Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon. I am not a regular member of this committee, but since I have been here, I have understood that the industry is very happy with the extension of funding over a five-year period. I also heard that the government may have met more than 500 associations or artists to establish the new mode of funding.
Mr. D'Eith, you said that you wanted to send out a very clear message saying that the reductions were made by Canadian Heritage and did not reflect the opinion of your association or of the industry.
You belong to this group of 500 associations or artists who did not know that this was a poll aimed at establishing a new way of funding the program. I felt that you were somewhat defensive when you said that.