Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the member for Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor a question.
He is an artist, a musician. He knows how artists think. Can he explain to the members of the House what an artist lives on?
When a musician has a good idea and records music in a studio, he has to pay people. How can he pay these people when he has not yet been paid, and how can he record a CD, which has yet to bring in revenue? What does he live off during this time? How can he make money if he does not perform the following week? An artist takes six months to make a CD and then he promotes it for a few weeks. If he's lucky, he will go on tour, but not everyone is that lucky. How do artists earn a living? How do they make money?