Thank you very much to all the witnesses for their presentations.
I'll be directing my questions to ACTRA, and specifically to Ferne. That's partly subjective, because Ferne is a constituent.
Ferne, welcome to the committee. It's a great pleasure to have you here. Obviously there are a lot of creators and artists in Parkdale—High Park, among whom you are one of the most prolific in terms of your contributions. Thank you for your contributions to ACTRA and now to FIA, but also in terms of your work with CUES. I want to ask you a couple of questions, if I have enough time.
The first relates to your recommendation number two, which calls for stricter requirements on entities that receive government funding. As you know, that's a priority of Minister Joly. She announced in January a review of all of the grants and contributions given by Heritage to various actors' entities to ensure that they have harassment-free workplaces. That was also followed last week by an announcement by the Canada Council for the Arts where $500,000 was made available to different organizations around the country to promote harassment-free workplaces.
I want to ask, are those steps in the right direction? Secondly, about that $500,000 fund, is there a specific method or targeting that you think should be used for that funding, in particular to address some of the needs you mentioned in your presentation?