My thanks to Mr. Caron for kindly agreeing to share his time.
Ms. Litzenberger, in your brief, you mentioned that the arts industry contributed $46 billion to the GDP in 2007. You also mentioned about 616,000 workers in 2003. You said that this number is still increasing. Perhaps you could share your opinion with us on this. Accepting that the funding investments currently being made by the government are insufficient, why do artists still live in reduced circumstances?