Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I think we're all going to be adding on here, so I'll try to add some new things. A massive contraction of the Canadian live music industry would result in a reduction of billions of dollars in economic activity. The North American concert market was projected to

Canadian Heritage committee  I would, and then some. There's the exodus of skilled labour from the sector and obviously the inability of artists to continue to create the cultural infrastructure. We've already seen the contraction, the disintegration. It's like chunks of an iceberg falling off into the ocean

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely, thank you for the question and for that $60 million through that fund. As I understand it, Canadian Heritage's plan is to receive applications from organizations with capacity to deliver. I convened a meeting of the music industry on Friday to talk about the concept o

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much for inviting me to participate. I'm Erin Benjamin, president and CEO of the Canadian Live Music Association. Our membership includes both non-profit and for-profit entrepreneurs and organizations that together create the conditions for an artist to stand on

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  I can't imagine right now how that would work, telling an artist what they'd have to sell their concert ticket for, and besides, market value is always changing. It's fluid and sometimes you can predict it with some certainty but other times not. Remember I said we're talking abo

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you so much for inviting me.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's a multi-bazillion dollar industry, and because it's so big, we'll always have these problems. The technology changes rapidly, and again, you're going to hear from some people as witnesses who will share with you their experience. They work at the ground level and they're t

Canadian Heritage committee  There are no tickets for sale at the box office for a high-demand show.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's the question. It depends on what piece of legislation you're talking about, but if we're talking about bot technology or finding the guy on Kijiji, it's incredibly hard, if not impossible. This is why, when we've had conversations with various provinces around ticket legis

Canadian Heritage committee  I would add too that the family that spent $900 on concert tickets may have a babysitter. They may have bought airline tickets, booked a hotel room and went out for dinner, all of those things. It could be just devastating. I'll refer to some of the things I mentioned that our

Canadian Heritage committee  To your point earlier about fraud, the way we look at the things that can actually prevent and then allow the industry to respond to fraud is important. Consulting with the industry is important. If this is a thing for this committee in the long term, then let's sit down and figu

Canadian Heritage committee  I will happily give you my card, though, and we can set up a meeting.

Canadian Heritage committee  Go ahead.

Canadian Heritage committee  Artists...?