It's quite difficult for me to answer your question because I cannot talk to you about other sectors. I cannot talk about self-employed workers in general. I can only talk to you about the freelancers who are part of the whole cultural sector.
You have to understand that the performing arts act as an incubator for the future of culture. Let me explain: these are young artists who do no audiovisual work and so who are generally not well-known enough to do film, television or commercials. Their careers very often start in the street. These are artists who create stage works and create their own jobs up until the point when somebody takes a chance and employs them, hires them. Generally, the greatest careers are born on francophone stages, which is why I talk about an incubator.
The same goes for musicians. The tragedy today is that musicians are working for the love of it, because there's no money for them. It's not how they earn their living, they do something else. What will happen come the day when they no longer make a penny that way? No one will be there to take their place. Personally, I am concerned for the people who are struggling to make a living. But first and foremost, I am concerned for the culture of tomorrow, the culture that we are working on today and that will not be there in 10 years because the people in it now have decided to do something else in order to earn a living.
Will it become just a big hobby or do we consider that culture is important enough for us as a people to look out for it and help it back onto its feet after the pandemic?