Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I thank all of the witnesses for their participation.
This is very interesting and I have a lot of questions to ask.
Ms. Chan, I won't put questions to you right now, but I want to say that you just raised an important point, which other witnesses also raised, which is that budget cuts to health care under the previous government, which continue under the current government, are having an adverse effect on our health care system. We hear you. But what you just explained in that regard is important. We knew that those cuts would have a devastating impact, and we now see that that funding has to be restored.
I will begin with you, Ms. Drouin. Thank you for the work you do with ADISQ artists. I greatly admire all of the country's francophone artists and the work done by ADISQ.
However, something does surprise me. Our government has just purchased an old very leaky pipeline for $4.5 billion. We'll have to add $10 billion to build an extension to that pipeline, which will create barely 50 permanent jobs in British Columbia.
It seems to me that you ask for very little, given the importance of the sector you represent. Also, when I see the increase in the French-language music market in Europe and Africa, it seems to me that our artists are getting crumbs. However, with crumbs you nevertheless manage to accomplish much.
What could you do in an ideal situation where the government would fund and fully support artists, both nationally and internationally? What recommendations would you have for us?