The witnesses were talking about almost 327 tours being cancelled, 3,400 representations, and almost $24 million in costs being lost as a result of the cuts, and I believe Shannon had just mentioned the reciprocal relationship being imbalanced and one side of it being cut. Could you please tell all of us on the committee here a little bit more about how the cuts are going to have an impact on Canada's international reputation by our not being able to send artists abroad to different festivals and different events?
On March 9th, 2009. See this statement in context.