Ms. Gignac, you raised a fundamental question in your opening address: where and how will artists create? This goes far beyond the question of the venue. Artists, such as Mr. Blanco, are told that they are being offered a space, but when it comes to enabling them to create, we are touching on a fundamental issue. Beyond physical spaces, there are the spaces, within Canada, that artists occupy to define what we wish to represent as a nation and as creators. This is an issue that goes beyond the venue itself, from what I have gathered from your question.
As we represent the Canadian government here today, we are trying to find a way to help the arts sector as a whole spread its wings.
What more could we do beyond what is currently being done?