Canadian Heritage committee  I can say that it's huge in our case, because the community obviously wouldn't exist without the arts. In our province, as an example, the top industry, of course, is the energy industry, followed by agriculture, and then by tourism and recreation. A huge component of tourism and

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we are, but unfortunately we have a bad affect on the people downstream from us. The old very historically rich community of Wayne is flooded because the Rosebud creek goes through it, but we're at the headwaters so we're fine, but thank you for your concern.

Canadian Heritage committee  We have everything from the elementary school crowd that comes in—quite often, it's their very first exposure to professional arts—to the other end of the spectrum, which is that we have busloads of seniors who come from Calgary and Edmonton, for example. The service we offer, ob

Canadian Heritage committee  The coming expansion is quite dependent on some of the strangest things that you wouldn't really think about first, and they are core services, things like potable water and waste water. At the moment, there is a moratorium on new building in the area we're in, so we're working t

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much. I'd also like to thank you for the opportunity to be involved in these discussions. At Rosebud School of the Arts, we are unique and the questions that you ask are interesting, because I think they mean different things to different people. When we talk ab