Canadian Heritage committee  Mr. Lewis alluded earlier to how many technicians are involved in productions. They are as important and in some cases even more important than what we see on stage. They make what happens on stage happen. We're worried about losing some of these skilled technicians to other job

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's all of the above, Mr. Louis. We all need to work together regarding the messaging. We need support. Frankly, we're frightened to announce a season to only have it shut down again, because it affects a lot of people, a lot of signed licence agreements, payouts and so

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. We are under construction of a brand new facility. You talk about philanthropy, and this has come through individuals and corporations who believe in generational change and the future of our industry. We plan to teach not only performing arts, but technical arts as w

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. We're a prime example. We operate seven venues around the province. We rent some facilities as well. We were able to receive rent subsidy for the ones that we rent, but we still had to carry the load for all our own venues. I've heard many times that the pandemic

Canadian Heritage committee  Our organization is the exception to the rule. We receive no operating funds from any arts council or level of government. We have received some capital grants and so on. It made it doubly hard for us. We reached out to our stakeholders and our audience. We held one very successf

Canadian Heritage committee  It has been very difficult. For most of us on this call who are arts activity leaders, they look to us for support. They look to us for all the answers, and it's probably the first time in our careers that we don't have all the answers. We try to maintain as much hope as possib

Canadian Heritage committee  I would say it's the message that has to come from all our elected representatives and their communities, which is that we need to maintain arts and culture in our communities. I will say that arts organizations have a proud history and a proven track record for providing an ex

Canadian Heritage committee  We attempted a couple of projects over the holiday season and we had a mix of half the performances at 50% capacity and half at 100% capacity. The ones at 50% were the ones to sell first. We never went above 50% in the 100% capacities either. The messaging is really about arts a