Okay. Yikes....
In the cities and communities I represent—Coquitlam, Port Moody, Anmore and Belcarra—we have two theatres. Those are a 200-seat theatre in Port Moody and a 257-seat theatre in Coquitlam, the Evergreen Cultural Centre black box.
Years ago, when I was still on city council, cities were doing these cultural mapping exercises. There are two that really stick out. One is Kelowna, and the other one is Coquitlam. In Coquitlam, they created an arts, culture and heritage strategic plan for 2015-30. It was everything from cultural mapping and community consultation to facilities planning and infrastructure assessment. It treated culture as an economic engine, growing a cultural ecosystem.
Where can the intersection be between cities that know and that have worked so closely with the many arts groups that make up their communities...? How can the federal government intersect with communities to identify...? We know that programming isn't the biggest challenge; it's the space. That's one.
I also really wanted to ask about the tax credit. How would it work in practice, and what would it look like? In the seconds left, who is the best person to answer?
I want to leave you with this as well. You're all such incredible witnesses. Please send us written statements that can be used in testimony. This will help enrich our study. Each one of you has so much to contribute to this, and I don't want anything to be left behind.
Grumms, take it away.