In an ideal world, this summer we would be back up and running at full capacity. This would reduce the need to seek funding from the government or public money to make up for our loss of revenue. I agree.
At this point, all festival and event organizers in Canada also need some predictability, and quickly. Some jurisdictions are providing predictability, while others aren't. We know that, in Ontario, as of March 14, we can gather indoors and outdoors without capacity limits. That said, not all jurisdictions have made this announcement. I urge not only the committee members, but also the public health authorities, to look at the situation in other parts of the world. We can see that, in Europe and the United States, for example, activities, festivals and events have started up again. As you know, in April, Coachella, one of the world's major festivals, will take place in California. The festival will be attended by 250,000 people and there will be very few health measures in place. I'm not saying that we should abandon health measures altogether. However, we should also look at the practices of other countries, follow the science and keep abreast of the studies released.
To date, some studies have encouraged us to take precautions, while others support the easing of health measures.