First of all, on behalf of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, we're here to advocate specifically for artist musicians. We see no reason self-employed people in all sectors, regardless.... We're not asking for different treatment; we're just here advocating for musicians in particular.
We think that the growth in the self-employed sector is going to have to be addressed in all kinds of different things, and we're here trying to take a positive and active role in servicing the members we advocate for.
One other thing I think I should bring to your attention is that the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, as I mentioned earlier, has the AFM-EPW Fund (Canada). It is an employer pension fund, of course, a registered RRP. It has current assets of more than $550 million. We have many members in our association who are actively invested in that program, but the vast majority of the 13,000 members we represent in Canada are self-employed and are not eligible. It's not really trying to get different treatment. We're doing the same work under the same types of conditions in our self-employment as those who are in employee-employer relationships.