Finance committee  Not all arts are in what you would call the marketplace. A lot of what artists do is in the public domain, and the public gets the use of artist's work in public galleries. It isn't necessarily the kind of art that is sold and taken home to be put in someone's private collection.

Finance committee  I do photography-based installations that include text and objects, and sometimes maps drawn by other people.

Finance committee  They aren't treated differently. When I'm filling out my income tax return, the category I'm in is the arts, but there is no distinction or tax relief for me compared to any other self-employed business person. My work is in the public domain. It's not the kind of work that is—

Finance committee  She doesn't pay CPP? No, she pays twice as much as someone who has an employer.

Finance committee  I know. People think I made it up. Problem.

Finance committee  Recommendation 10 asks for a reinstatement of the funding that was cut from the women's programs and the literacy programs. There is an actual correlation between literacy rates and the crime rate. If the government is interested in doing something about the crime rate, I think l

Finance committee  Thank you very much. I want to thank you all for coming here and accepting our submissions. I represent a provincial sectoral organization called Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador. It's the provincial affiliate of CARFAC, which is the national organization Canadian Artist