Canadian Heritage committee  I gave you a copy of a deck in French and English. I will essentially do a very short summary of that presentation. This year—actually next week, on March 28—the Canada Council is celebrating 60 years since our founding. It's a very exciting time for the Canada Council. We are v

Finance committee  It's not easy. We're supporting every year 2,000 artists, more or less, and 2,000 organizations. It's not easy because it's highly competitive, not because it's elitist. The awarding of grants is made with recommendations coming from peer assessment. It's artists coming togethe

Finance committee  Yes, we want to do that. Last year, 25% of grant recipients were recipients for the first time. There's a renewal. There's access for youth. I guess what will change in the future is that we want to come forward with different models in terms of support. For example, we want fo

Finance committee  With the new program, here's what we did. The Canada Council has had an aboriginal office for 20 years. What we are announcing now is that there will be a program dedicated to first nations, Métis, and Inuit artists, and this program will be informed by self-determination. It mea

Finance committee  I think so. When we invest in the arts sector, the money flows quickly. In fact, it's a sector where no savings are made and it is impossible to save money. People lack means, so they spend the money quickly. All economic models show that arts production is always done locally an

Finance committee  When it comes to economic and cultural contributions, you are absolutely right to say that the two are intrinsically linked. In this digital era, many people think that things can be created and disseminated very quickly, and that success is easy. However, we see that true succe

Finance committee  Like everyone, we are waiting. We will look at the budget carefully to see exactly what is there and what is not. The mandate letter says that the Minister of Canadian Heritage has the mandate to double the budget of the Canada Council for the Arts. We will see under what conditi

Finance committee  Actually, it's playing both ways. If you are going international, or if you have artists coming in, if you are an opera company and you're signing international artists.... In general terms, there's some kind of new equilibrium happening. Depending which sector you're talking abo

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  I'm sorry?

Finance committee  Private donations in the arts are quite stable. What we see now as a trend is that donations are coming more and more from individuals and less from corporations, because there is a shift in terms of corporations going more towards other kinds of charities. But clearly, there's s

Finance committee  Good afternoon. I thank you for having invited the Canada Council for the Arts to take part in your consultations. As you know, the council is an autonomous arm's length Crown corporation whose mandate is to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of w

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't want to repeat myself, but I think the question regarding the quality of Canadian content and how you nurture it is key. There are many questions. We were talking about Netflix. Yes, it's a business model. It's interesting to realize that a lot of Canadians are watching

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, we are part of the same portfolio, and we have a new deputy minister who is very big on organizing meetings of the portfolio on strategic issues. I think those discussions are very good for us. Claude and I just started. It's a new job for us. We do have many conve

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. The last increase in the budget of the Canada Council for the Arts goes back eight years. Without daydreaming, we think it is important to keep up the levels of investment in creation. The funding of an organization like the Canada Council for the Arts must be adjusted ever