Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
My first question is for Mr. Spickler. My colleague Maka Kotto read your brief in the last few days and asked me to put certain questions to you.
First, you say that the physical fitness tax credit should also apply to artistic activities. In your second recommendation, you call for a minimum $30,000 exemption on revenue deriving from copyright and residual payments.
Here is the question Mr. Kotto wanted me to ask of you. Do you believe that these types of tax measures, such as tax credits and tax exemptions, represent genuine support by the Government of Canada for the development of the arts in Canada? That was the purpose of your two first recommendations. I imagine that they do not appear in order of priority, but it seems that for you, these are important tools.