Madam Speaker, I commend my colleague on his speech. I must say that I found certain parts of it rather entertaining, particularly when he talked about the gains his party made over the past few months by supposedly improving various programs.
In his speech, he talked about artists in his region who said they felt reassured by and satisfied with the measures that have been put in place. Either the reality in his region is starkly different from that in Quebec or he did not really speak with artists. Artists are not at all reassured by the way this government is handling their situation during this pandemic.
I asked the government some questions earlier and I did not really get the answers I was expecting. Existing programs for artists and culture do not at all meet the needs and expectations of this sector, which I would remind him brings in $53 billion a year.
Given the obviously different realities across this country, I want to ask my colleague whether he agrees that it would perhaps be simpler to give the money to the provincial and Quebec governments so they can manage the culture file, their culture, themselves.