We're starting up again.
We have a busy morning with a number of witnesses. Before we get started I wanted to take a moment to acknowledge that one person who was chair of the heritage committee before me was Gord Brown, who was a tremendous advocate for the arts.
Pierre and I were able to work with him on music committee or music caucus, and I wanted to take a moment before we begin today to acknowledge all his hard work for this committee and for the arts, and to bring that spirit forward as we continue with this study and with our other studies here.
Today we have witnesses for our study on gender parity on boards and senior leadership levels of Canadian artistic and cultural organizations. We have with us by video conference from ACTRA, Heather Allin and Ferne Downey. Thank you.
Then here we have Susannah Rosenstock from Art Toronto.
We also have Sophie Brière from the Université Laval.
We will begin with those appearing by videoconference. Since there are technical difficulties sometimes, it is better to proceed in this way.
We will begin with the presentation of the ACTRA representatives.