First of all, we have to look at this as investing in a very robust sector of the Canadian economy. These are not handouts. Study after study of investments in the arts and culture sector in this country shows a net benefit to government revenue. Setting aside the soulful reasons why we may want to support our culture—and, in this instance, the Canada music fund—this makes economic sense right across the country.
We can talk about the fact that most workers in the arts and culture sector, and certainly in the music space, are working under the poverty line in this country. We have an opportunity that we've displayed over the course of time—since 1982—that FACTOR has been in existence that, time after time, when we invest in our artists, when we invest in the infrastructure that supports artists—which is music companies—this enlivens not just the sector but the communities that artists live in. I think every one of you has these important events in your communities for which you lean on artists and the arts and culture sector to bring communities together. Regardless of our partisan stripes here today, we know that bringing people together right now is a very important thing.