I don't know whether my comments are related to the Status of the Artist Act. In terms of the act, our association represents a number of directors in Quebec who have trouble expressing their views and negotiating reasonable agreements, or at least agreements that pay them decent wages.
I'll give you an example. At the National Film Board of Canada, or NFB, we read a study conducted by the Service aux collectivités at the Université du Québec à Montréal. The study showed that the average annual salary of documentary filmmakers, for example, many of whom work for the NFB, is $19,000. Of course, when you compare this average annual income to the income of NFB producers, which ranges from $83,000 to $108,000, you can see why these artists find it difficult to earn a living and express their views in a federal agency.