Thank you. I appreciate that.
I only have a limited amount of time, so maybe I could turn to ACTRA and Mr. Martin Gordey.
Your opening statement was very similar to my little preamble here. We're talking about the median income of artists being about half of that of other Canadians. I think it bears repeating. At the same time, pandemic or not, you talked about income volatility, and how different sectors in the arts are going to recover at different paces. We know that the arts will be the last, but within that sector, recovery is going to happen differently. Many of us in this meeting know that in the arts, we're the first to lose our jobs during an economic downturn and the last to get them back during recovery. You also mentioned that about 65% of artists are self-employed.
What lessons we can learn from some of the pandemic financial supports moving forward? What are some of the short-term solutions we can use from the lessons of the past few years? What are some of the long-term solutions?