As far as young artists are concerned, we were talking about their living conditions. Last year, we had introduced a measure to allow for income averaging. I imagine that you would respond that this is a good thing as long as there is a revenue.
Don't you have the feeling that by reducing the amount of money spent on promotion, cultural diplomacy and the budgets of departments, this translates into an abdication of Canadian culture?
We will become marginalized and Canadian culture will increasingly resemble American culture. At that point, Quebec culture will be in a difficult position, because one of the two governments has abdicated its responsibility, don't you think? In that case, don't you think it would be better to take all the money earmarked for culture and send it to the place which is closest to where culture is being created, namely to the provincial governments including, of course, the Government of Quebec?