The real advantage, I think, is initially we have a private-public partnership, so we don't just have public money being administered directly by a third party. Had there not been that, perhaps the department could administer it directly. It would only be government money. But in order to lever this relationship you can combine the two. Then you have the possibility of doing more. You can take the government money and combine it with the money from the broadcasters and create larger programs, other programs, alternative programs, more support for artists, more support in the regions, sponsorship programs, things like that.
Of course, the other advantage is we can move more quickly. We can make decisions on programs and their development and distribution of money in a matter of days or at least a month. I think you'll admit that sometimes it takes a little longer in government to get money out the door and spent and in the hands of the people who might want to use it.
Those are two advantages.
I think the disadvantage is we're out there in the public and people criticize us. We serve two masters. There's always a tension there and we live with that, but I think we're able to manage it fairly well.
We know there's a component of the Canada Music Fund now administered exclusively by government. You might ask some recipients of that how they're living in that world. I don't know, but I think we're doing a pretty good job in the relationship we have now.