Yes. The COVID crisis caused us to cancel in excess of a hundred thousand dollars' worth of guest artist contracts here at Rosebud, and that's just our little theatre company. Now, extrapolate that to all of the professional theatre companies not only in this riding but across the province, across the country, and it's millions of dollars of lost revenue for those artists.
Certainly, with the colleagues I'm in touch with, the mental health side of this is critically important. I know a lot of people who really are struggling. Of course, don't forget that they are artists, and artists find a way to be creative often in the worst situations. During the Great Depression, it was so often the artists who thrived, not financially, but in terms of finding their voice and making an impact. Certainly, I'm finding that lots of our graduates who are out there working professionally in the industry are finding their way. Again, it's not financially, but they are finding their way to make their impact and still be storytellers.