We are reinvesting $550 million in the Canada Council over the next five years. It's the best way for us to support and strengthen the arts and the artists themselves.
What's great about that investment is that it will happen concurrently with the great work the Canada Council has been doing over the last years to reform all of its programs. Of course, you could ask the questions of Simon Brault, who is in charge of the Canada Council.
There used to be nearly 148 programs at the Canada Council. There has been a lot of restructuring and thinking about how to better support artists and different artistic organizations. Now they're down to six programs. By reducing red tape and by facilitating the organizations to better create, rather than just working on understanding the different modalities of programs in order to get the funding for the Canada Council, it's going to be easier because it's only going to be six programs. Our $550 million will give access to better artistic creation, to better support to indigenous artists and indigenous art in general, and to help in terms of exports, by helping all our different artistic organizations to access new markets and export the best of Canadian culture.