Canadian Heritage committee  My background is sports and hockey management, and business also. I'm learning as I go on this committee. I've not seen such a disparity, and so many artists and people contributing to arts and culture who absolutely live day to day to try to get by. What do you think would have a bigger impact to help artists?

Canadian Heritage committee  Can you tell me what impact you think this had for visual artists living in poverty? Did it help pull them out of poverty?

Canadian Heritage committee  What lessons do you think can be learned? If the federal government went forth to implement some kind of a tax credit for visual artists, do you feel it should follow the Quebec model?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much. Mr. Metcalfe and Ms. McCaffrey, thank you again for your presentation. Can I get your input too? In your view, how can the Copyright Act be improved in order to help ensure that Canadian visual artists are able to earn a livable wage in a visual art industry?

Canadian Heritage committee  Just your opinion.

Canadian Heritage committee  Ms. McCaffrey, do you have anything you'd like to add to that?

Canadian Heritage committee  Obviously, we've seen a market transformation over the last several years. I just want to hear about the impact on contemporary artists and how they're affected by digital technology.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you to our presenters this afternoon. It's very informative. I come from the riding of Saint John—Rothesay, in southern New Brunswick, and it's the home of the New Brunswick Museum, which is Canada's oldest continuing museum, and a growing arts and culture community that's actually exploding.

Canadian Heritage committee  In the riding, Minister, Saint John is known as “the Loyalist City”. Until recently, it's been a very conservative city, and that's obviously changing, but the more we embrace immigration and the more diverse our population becomes in Saint John—Rothesay, the more important it is to celebrate multiculturalism.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  Minister, I will agree with you 100%. The Saint John Multicultural and Newcomers Resource Centre didn't have a vehicle to apply for this funding up until three years ago, so again I congratulate you for that.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good afternoon, everybody. Good afternoon, Minister. First, Minister, I want to congratulate you on becoming Minister of Heritage and Multiculturalism. I want to also compliment you on your passion and your transparency in tackling issues and answering questions.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. Ms. Levy, would you comment?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much, everyone.

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay. Thank you for that. I'm going to give you another one, and I'm quoting Professor Geist. He wrote: Given Access Copyright's position before the Copyright Board, the claims that current fair dealing practices are the result of the 2012 reforms are misleading. Canadian fair dealing practices over the past five years have involved increased licensing and copying practices that are largely the result of technological change, new digital licensing alternatives, and court rulings, not the 2012 reforms, as Access Copyright and its supporters now claim in an effort to convince the committee to backtrack on the earlier amendments.