Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This question is for the Stratford Festival, and I want to start with Ms. Stephenson, if I could.
Carol, thank you very much for appearing today. What an insightful presentation. I think you put your finger on a number of different issues. It's striking to me that as someone who, in your case, has served as dean at the Ivey Business School, as vice-president of Bell Canada, as president of BCE Media and was on the board of directors of GM Canada, among other things, you come at this from a business perspective. Here's someone making the case to the federal government to get behind an arts organization. As you yourself said in your opening remarks, the festival sees itself as a business.
Can you make the case once again in terms of why the federal government ought to get behind the festival, not because of the obvious intrinsic importance of the arts in our lives, but from a very straightforward business perspective? I know you outlined it, but tell us again your view on this, because I think you've touched on a number of issues. On the economic importance of getting behind the arts, you're underlining it, and it has become very clear that it's an important thing to do.