Thank you, Mr. Ste-Marie.
I'll give you some figures. In the first year of the pandemic, the turnover of REMI members, the Regroupement des événements majeurs internationaux, in Quebec, fell by 68%. Our self-generated revenues come from tickets, food and beverage sales and private sponsorships, among others. These revenues have declined by 89%.
As a result, we consider grants, whether from Quebec, the provinces, territories or the federal government, to be our lifeline. Without the specific and, I would say, fairly horizontal support that we have received, particularly through the wage subsidy, many festivals and events would be dead and buried today.
We live in hope of resuming our traditional business models as early as this summer. We are waiting for a clear signal in this direction from the various public health branches. We know, for example, that Ontario has presented a fairly precise schedule for the lifting of restrictions, which is not the case in Quebec. This is what we are asking the Quebec government to do also.