Canadian Heritage committee  Okay. I'll stop you there. That's not true—

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Brault, the City of Edmonton has doubled its funding.

Canadian Heritage committee  The problem with Alberta and the funding is...this is my time. Let me ask the questions.

Canadian Heritage committee  One minute is good. Maybe I'll get some more time later from another colleague or in the second round. Monsieur Brault, is the regional equity model of funding a priority for the CCA?

Canadian Heritage committee  I agree with you. Here are some things, and I'll submit this to the record: Canada Council funding to Canada's four largest cities, to your point, per artist, for Montreal was $4,200 per artist; for Toronto, $1,800; for Vancouver, $2,700; and for Calgary artists, $1,200. Are C

Canadian Heritage committee  You just said the equity model is based on artists, and this isn't equitable.

Canadian Heritage committee  The issue is a three times funding difference.

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Brault, I'm going to have to pause you there, because I have only six minutes.

Canadian Heritage committee  If I get some more time, we're going to go back to what artists in my province call the “cabal” that has been set up.

Canadian Heritage committee  Here is the issue: You can't be a juror, an assessor, with the Canada Council for the Arts unless you actually have funding from the Canada Council for the Arts.

Canadian Heritage committee  Have you changed that?

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Brault, we have artists who have tried and failed for 25 years to get funding from the CCA. It's not because there's no good art in Alberta.

Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Brault, the logic doesn't hold. You had a surplus in 2018 of $49.3 million, yet we have artists who want more money. Where is the money going?

Canadian Heritage committee  Before I run out of time—

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Brault, thank you for being with us today. I'm going to switch to English because I have lots of things to say for my people back home. I'm channelling a mentor, a great Edmonton and Canadian musician and talent, and a distinguished senator, the late T