Canadian Heritage committee  I will do it when you are finished. What you say is very interesting.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Ms. Prégent. The Fédération nationale des communications et de la culture represents—

Canadian Heritage committee  All right. Is it better this way?

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, and when I click on it, I'm connected with the headset that was sent to me by the government. I'm using your equipment, and I did the technical test yesterday and everything seemed fine.

Canadian Heritage committee  I will start, and Ms. Prégent can complete my answer. Clearly, we are not against helping institutions. We are well aware that there must be theatres, producers and so on. What we want is measures designed in such a way that they reach the artists. Ms. Rubin said that artists,

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, of course. Ms. Prégent will also be able to give you details on the assistance provided by the Fondation des artistes and explain why this assistance is not sufficient to meet the needs. We receive many cries for help from people on the ground. The criteria for accessing th

Canadian Heritage committee  The Guilde des musiciens et des musiciennes du Québec sent a survey to its members. According to the responses, many are thinking about their future and others are in the process of leaving the profession. We can draw the same conclusions for all sectors related to the performing

Canadian Heritage committee  It is important that Canadian online businesses remain Canadian-owned. The bill could be improved in that regard. In addition, social networks are excluded from the outset. It seems to us that the CRTC should have the opportunity to comment on the contribution of certain social n

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not sure about the legislative process, whether this is part of the broadcasting bill or the revision of the Copyright Act, but the revision must be done as well. Either way, of course, we believe that this amendment must be made.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. Tens of thousands of people work on contract or freelance and do not have access to the Canadian social safety net because of their status as self-employed workers. They therefore must not be let down, as both the cultural and media communities would suffer considera