Thank you so much. I want to thank everyone not only for their excellent presentations but for this really, really excellent conversation.
I'm just going to start off with a comment to Mr. Fortin.
Mr. Fortin, I'm very blessed in my riding of Davenport to have a lot of artists, creators, and those working in the cultural industries. Much of what you mentioned in your presentation is very much something I've been hearing loud and clear from artists in my area.
You mentioned that many artists feel abandoned. I and many of my colleagues have been articulating that this is an area and a gap that has been identified that we have to address. I want to let you know that it is something that is heard loud and clear by our Finance officials, by our federal government. I know they are trying to work on some solutions.
Thank you for your presentation. It's very important.
Ms. Spinks, 43% of people in my riding of Davenport were actually born in another country and their first language actually isn't English or French. Your comment around language barriers and about many people feeling unsettled, particularly those whose first language isn't English or French, has really piqued my curiosity.
Something that I know the federal government has done is to put in a $30-million advertising campaign. I know it's in multiple languages. It's meant to go into ethnic media. I wonder if you might have any other ideas for us in terms of how we can better communicate to some of our communities whose first language isn't French or English.