Thank you.
First I'm going to speak to Mr. Fournier. I'm very sensitive to this question, since the Festival international de Lanaudière, which is established in my riding, was also affected by the loss of the sponsorship program. We're talking about a loss of $50,000, which is not minor. In addition, as a result of the increased requests for funding being made to the private sector, it isn't easy to find sponsors to offset that loss.
I find your proposal well substantiated. I have a question for you.
When the former government abolished the sponsorship program, it announced that it would set up another one. Have there been any developments in that area? Does your proposal come from the work you did when the former government was in power? Have you heard that the Conservative government wanted to implement a transparent and acceptable assistance program for major cultural and sporting events?