Ms. LaRocque, we have a dilemma here. All the witnesses who have come here told us that these programs were essential not only for them, but for the Canadian culture industry as a whole, dancers, artists and theatre, as well as for Canada's credibility. No one said that the decision to make cuts was a good idea. The government tells us it based its decision on factual studies and so on. But we have nothing, except documents that date back four, five or even six years, in some cases. We find it very hard to believe this. We think instead that these cuts were of an ideological nature.
What was your recommendation? Did you recommend cutting those programs?