Yes, absolutely.
First of all, it's very important to insist on the fact that even in good economic times the performing arts industry is not one that is designed to make loads of profits.
Among not-for-profit performing arts companies, the profit margin from year to year is roughly somewhere between 0.5% and 1.5%, so the moment that those performing arts companies are unable to sell tickets at the same level that they did before, it's impossible for them to make ends meet. Therefore, this has an impact on the number of shows they program and the scale of the shows they program, and that impacts the entire value chain.
The strategic advantage of a ticketing subsidy scheme is that it intervenes where the bulk of earned revenues are made in the performing arts ecosystem, and then, hopefully, flows that money back to all stakeholders in the sector.
As was mentioned today, there is a ticketing subsidy program in Quebec. It is not perfect. It has been said that the money actually doesn't always trickle down to all of the artists and technicians who were supposed to be benefiting from this program. In any new implementation of such a program at a national level, it would be important to make sure that there are guardrails to ensure that the self-employed are compensated, even in instances of cancellations.