Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here.
Ms. Tarlton, I missed the beginning of your statement, unfortunately, because I was with a journalist outside. If she had only known how much I wanted to hear what you had to say!
I don't know if everyone knows this, but you are from a long line of Tarltons in the music field in Canada. I want to thank you for everything you have done, and I think that your family has earned a good living from it. The vision you have had over all of that time, both at the family and personal level, was about the production of shows. I think that it was for that reason that you were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. I'm very happy to meet you here at the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage.
You were also instrumental in the building of a network of show venues and to putting procedures in place. You introduced the concepts of the production and dissemination of shows to that environment, among other things. I just want to ask you if you think that the users are well served. Is this to their advantage? Are you able to give me a fairly objective view of the situation?
In my opinion, any type of arrangement—for instance we hear that it's become easy to buy tickets; you can exchange your AIR MILES for them—seems a bit beyond the pale. But what I mostly hear is that the cost of tickets is going up.
I'd like to hear your thoughts on all this.