Canadian Heritage committee  Actually, there are half a million now.

Canadian Heritage committee  You have to understand that El Sistema Toronto rolled out for the first time about four-and-a-half or five weeks ago. It's brand new. It's a pilot project.

Canadian Heritage committee  To hearken back to what I said previously, we need to understand the basic parameters of what government is hoping to see come out as a result. It should not be government saying it would like x number of young musicians, to use my model, to be performing in x number of cities, b

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm very, very glad you raised the issue of legacy, because it's something that I think about a great deal. By legacy, I think we all tend to refer to things of great permanence and value. To my way of thinking, there are two forms that it can take. One is the kind of physical mo

Canadian Heritage committee  That's a very good question. First, of course, we'll need to communicate with the public to let them know that this is happening. That is going to have to start happening well in advance of 2017, possibly as early at the last half or quarter of 2015. By that time, of course, we'

Canadian Heritage committee  Of course, there's a good deal of modelling yet to be done, and I've given you the vision in broad strokes. We're in the process of assembling a strategic planning group of people with varied expertise throughout different areas of the arts and media. I communicated just yesterda

Canadian Heritage committee  Chairman, and honourable members of the committee, thank you so much for the opportunity to speak with you today. The Glenn Gould Foundation would be honoured to play a significant role in the Canada 150 celebrations. In fact, we have actually been developing plans to mark this

Canadian Heritage committee  To begin, this video is a good backgrounder to help set the context for what I'll be saying. I think it's pretty self-explanatory. [Video Presentation]