Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you all for being with us today.
Ms. Santiago Keenan and Mr. Myette, not long ago I was at the Mississauga art gallery for the media launch of Polish Day. It's an annual festival that happens in my beautiful riding of Mississauga Centre, at Celebration Square, and it really celebrates Polish Canadian heritage.
The gallery itself isn't all that big, but it fulfills a variety of functions, in part because it has to in order to stay financially viable. As you all know well, this is increasingly a reality for public arts venues.
Secret City Studio partners with major companies like Netflix and Nintendo while operating in cultural spaces across Toronto, Vancouver and Edmonton. You're also very unique in our arts ecosystem in that you blend commercial entertainment and immersive storytelling in public cultural spaces.
The Marigold Cultural Centre serves as a theatre, a gallery, a sports hall of fame and an educational space all under one roof.
I'd like to offer you both the opportunity to speak to either the increasing need to rely on commercial partnerships or on multi-use business models to stay commercially viable.