Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses.
I'll keep it short because I only have three minutes. My questions are addressed to FACTOR.
In the supply chain of music we have people who pick up instruments and learn how to play. Then they might at some point decide that they want to move toward becoming professional musicians. FACTOR comes in when you decide that you want to cut a demo or start to perform in front of people for money.
There have been some suggestions that the FACTOR fund should be split and more money should be going to the early stages of musical development, that the money should be spent on getting kids their first instruments or perhaps getting them lessons or something before they get into the supply chain.
If that happened, if FACTOR's funding was split and you took on that role, what do you think that would do to your existing program?