Good afternoon, everyone.
We're going to call to order meeting number 44 of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
Today we are embarking on our study of dance in Canada. For the first hour, from the Department of Canadian Heritage, we have Marc Lemay, director general of the arts policy branch. as well as Robert Hunter, director of strategic arts support at the arts policy branch. Also, from the Dance Collection, we have Amy Bowring, director of collections and research. And by video conference from Canada's National Ballet School in Calgary, we have John Dalrymple.
Each of our three groups will have up to eight minutes each, and then we'll move to some questions.
We'll start with our officials from the Department of Canadian Heritage, for up to eight minutes.
You have the floor.