Good afternoon, everyone.
Thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the committee, for giving us the opportunity to speak before you today. My name is Gabriel Pelletier, and I am the president of the Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec.
The ARRQ is an association of artists and a professional union that has been legally accredited and recognized under status of the artist legislation, both provincially and federally, to represent and defend the interests of all directors working in Quebec, in French and in any language other than English, in the fields of film, television, the Web and animation.
Our association has over 850 members and will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year. This study of the legislative framework is of direct concern to directors, as it is for them that the ARRQ negotiates collective agreements and framework agreements providing for minimum working conditions.
I will now yield the floor to Ms. Mylène Cyr.