This is a very relevant question because as we prepared for this hearing today we went back to our membership and asked what they thought we should highlight. Actually, we heard conflicting views about community hubs versus cultural hubs, so there is definitely a model that exists out there where cultural hubs are also community hubs. There have been studies around the world that have found that those hubs that are more rooted in the community tend to be more sustainable in the long term, less dependent on public funding, more resilient. There's a model that needs to be explored. Because the study was on cultural hubs today, we did not go too far into this notion of community hubs, but it is definitely a very important complementary matter.
On March 29th, 2018. See this statement in context.