Thank you.
Every artist has the right to be compensated, according to the act. Within the act, entrepreneurs who “contribute to the creation of any production in the performing arts, music, dance and variety entertainment, film, radio and television, video, sound-recording, dubbing or the recording of commercials, arts and crafts, or visual arts, and fall within a professional category prescribed by regulation” fall under this category.
For those individuals with us today who are virtual creatives, I pose this question. Bill C-11 will have an impact on your ability to make an income. Bill C-11 will force you to pay 30% of your revenue off the top to go into the arts fund, which you will pay into but not have the opportunity to apply for funding from.
The second thing is that the government will regulate through the CRTC what is considered Canadian content and what is—