Canadian Heritage committee  If it's well invested.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, if it is well invested.

Canadian Heritage committee  Certainly five years ago.

Canadian Heritage committee  Better. Yes, we had the PromArt program, and it was functioning.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, but it didn't--

Canadian Heritage committee  It depends how it's invested.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it needs to be well invested.

Canadian Heritage committee  Actually, Quebec has a very good network, a very professional network, for presenting the performing arts, and the Quebec artists exploit it very well. I'm from English Canada. I'm from Ontario. I try to tour companies across the country. It's very difficult, because you're righ

Canadian Heritage committee  I didn't quite say that. I don't believe I said that. All I'm doing is trying to bring to the committee some of the impact, immediate impact, and long-term impact that it's having on an industry that's functioning very well, and that's actually one of our more successful industri

Canadian Heritage committee  I think this is what I'm actually telling you, sir. The Canada Council is responsible for the research and development of a highly esteemed product. It's a product that's esteemed around the world. We have that in science and technology in Canada as well. Canadians have invested

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, I wasn't made aware of it, though.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, I didn't know there was really an analysis. I don't think our milieu— I apologize for answering in English.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think there was really an analysis. I think it was a departmental decision.

Canadian Heritage committee  In the way it functioned, PromArt had criteria that were fairly strict. The tour had to have at least ten performances; it had to go to three countries, and one of the countries had to be a priority country for the Canadian government, economically or politically, such as Britain

Canadian Heritage committee  No.