Thank you for your question.
In an internal survey, we asked our members to send us all information about lost contracts. Of course, this is not an exhaustive survey in which all our members would have participated, but the numbers are still very impressive. We're looking at close to $1.5 million in lost contracts. That's hundreds of commitments for hundreds of musicians. The losses run from mid-March to the end of June in terms of cancellations. That is still a lot of money. It is money that would have been declared for tax purposes and would have allowed these people to make a living, to pay their rent and so on.
It's a situation many artists find themselves in. It's not just musicians. Many of them have continued to earn small incomes, especially in teaching. Sometimes it's compensation for lost contracts. They are now experiencing great anxiety because they will not be able to receive the $2,000. They will have to live on very small incomes. It is a disaster. I think that the Canada emergency response benefit is excellent, but for someone who earns very little, at least there should be compensation for the shortfall. We would need that.