Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Good morning, everyone. First of all, I congratulate you on your fight to allow your communities not only to speak French but also to live in French. As a resident of Quebec, I have been receiving all this testimony in the last few weeks as a lesson in the tenacious defence of French. So thank you for this reminder, it is much appreciated.
First of all, I would like to address the representative of the FCCF, probably because I was very close to these issues in the past. You mentioned earlier some successful achievements, such as those of Damien Robitaille or Radio Radio. At home, we consider them almost as being from Quebec. By hearing the accent, we recognize that they perhaps come from somewhere else. At the same time, I am thinking about our group Arcade Fire, which seems to be very well-known.
I am wondering if this was because of the language, or the musical genre, or if it was not also related to funding. For example, the distribution of the financial envelope that covers the Vitrines Culturelles program; if it is not equal, is it equitable and does it permit each language to evolve well in this country?