Finance committee  I'd be happy to. Often infrastructure funding will go to the buildings themselves. Of course, it is very important to have a home for the arts and culture, but we see arts and culture more broadly, as infrastructure to fuel beyond the sector. Often what happens is that an organi

Finance committee  To Mr. Simon's point, definitely, I think anything we could do to encourage more giving would be incredible. As per some of the previous comments, there have been people stepping up, and individuals and foundations have been honouring their gifts. I will note, though, that right

Finance committee  Absolutely, and I as well would definitely like to acknowledge all of the work that went into putting together the $500 million. I recognize that a lot of the efforts are to first let everyone know there is work under way through the announcement and, of course, for something lik

Finance committee  The online piece is really interesting. There's definitely a lot of moving towards that. I think we're in 1.0 or 1.5, call it, of this iteration. Right now, I haven't seen anything where there is an opportunity to bring in any revenue from the online piece. At this point, for a p

Finance committee  Okay.

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, members of the committee and distinguished guests, thank you for receiving these remarks this afternoon and for dedicating time to this important topic. In our race to act, have we fully taken into account the significance of the moment that we're in? History will ju