Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to our witnesses for being here today. We hope that you and your families are staying safe and healthy as we now hit the sixth wave of the pandemic.
Mr. Ripley, I would like to start with you.
You gave us an excellent presentation that talked about the unprecedented needs of artists. I want to know, internally within Canadian Heritage, to what extent Canadian Heritage is doing an analysis of what other countries are doing. We are seeing, for example, countries like Ireland putting in place basic income for artists. To what extent is Canadian Heritage monitoring these best practices in other countries, and what analyses have you done of these programs?