Canadian Heritage committee  To clarify, I'm not a performer.

Canadian Heritage committee  I have a record label, and I'm also an artist manager. As an artist manager, I do work very closely with artists and performers who make records and tour nationally and internationally. I just can't say enough about how important the support of FACTOR is. It makes it possible for a struggling artist to figure out a way to get their record made, to get even just a tour across Canada, to get from Vancouver to Edmonton to Winnipeg to Toronto.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's production, as in making the records, marketing, which is self-explanatory, and touring.

Canadian Heritage committee  I am here to provide a real-life example of the Canada Music Fund in action. I moved to Toronto in the year 2000 with a $15,000 loan from my brother, and a couple of credit cards. After four years of building a track record, I was eligible to access funds from FACTOR. I have since leveraged that support to release more than 80 albums by dozens of Canadian artists, and coordinated thousands of concerts around the world.