No. The Canada Council for the Arts has a budget for developing co-productions, but it is really minimal. The real tragedy is that we are talking about an abrupt cancellation of the program. Fortunately, it doesn't work that way with the other programs we have in society. We have reformed our education and health care systems several times now. If we had suddenly stopped providing health care because programs were poorly managed, while waiting for something better to be found, what would have happened? And yet, that is exactly the situation we find ourselves in.
On March 4th, 2009. See this statement in context.