Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and welcome to our witnesses.
Mr. Hardacre, I'd like to begin with a couple of quick questions to you.
I have the privilege of having in my riding the oldest uninterrupted theatre group in Canada, Le Cercle Molière in St. Boniface. I think they're celebrating 90 years, somewhere around there. I just can't imagine the riding without these people. I know all the actors there, and they're all part-time. They can't sustain themselves full-time with acting careers.
I like the idea of the income averaging. I wonder if you could maybe talk to us a little bit more about that. How do you do that when you can't basically make a living acting and you have to do something else on the side? Maybe you could talk to us about that.
Secondly, we all realize that Quebec has a very vibrant film and television industry. They're getting international recognition, and they're winning awards, almost on a yearly basis. Is there anything specifically that the Province of Quebec is doing to encourage that, that maybe we should be looking at on a federal level?