Canadian Heritage committee  It does start with education and goes from there.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll add to that. We're very comfortable saying we're a hockey country, but every time we say we are hockey we could also say that we have a vibrant music industry. It could be part of every trade mission that Riley talked about, to bring an attraction with us, an artist with us.

Canadian Heritage committee  I think what we want to make clear is that a ticket, or a ticket price, is driven by the artist. We are all servicing the artist and trying to build their economic impact for their own career, and then in turn we can see the ripple effects of that throughout the industry. When w

Canadian Heritage committee  It's to build consistency. You'll see a common thread in our conversations. We are doing a lot of this already. It's really just the ongoing encouragement. The charity MusiCounts through the Junos that we spoke of earlier is already a program that's in place because the actual fo

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and committee members, for inviting a dialogue with the live music industry. I'm honoured to represent this wildly diverse and vibrant industry and to have participated nationally in the industry throughout my career. I was born in Montreal, grew up in Va