Canadian Heritage committee  I believe that measures such as the performing arts workers resilience fund will definitely have a positive impact on employee retention. I want to reiterate the message I sent earlier: We have to think about this recovery in the long term. Next year, we will still be looking at

Canadian Heritage committee  I will expand on the answer I was giving to your colleague Mr. Champoux. We must give ourselves the time needed to complete this recovery. The measures planned for the fiscal year beginning on April 1, 2022, will no doubt need to be extended quickly so that the sector can be sup

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question. According to the evaluations, these programs have proven to be very effective in stimulating the whole touring and broadcasting ecosystem. There are a lot of performing arts productions that are created only in one city that don't go on tour, but the

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, absolutely. First of all, it's very important to insist on the fact that even in good economic times the performing arts industry is not one that is designed to make loads of profits. Among not-for-profit performing arts companies, the profit margin from year to year is

Canadian Heritage committee  We think at the Canadian Association for the Performing Arts that a ticketing subsidy program is definitely worth considering. There is a lot of uncertainty ahead of the sector in terms of possible further waves of the pandemic, in terms of audience hesitancy. Even though venues

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, for the member's question. I think this fund is absolutely needed by the sector. We've heard from every single witness today about the specific needs of self-employed workers in the performing arts, so there are multiple needs that this fund can meet. Bas

Canadian Heritage committee  Finally, the open data movement is helping us make the performance arts lineup more easily discoverable for consumers. However, arts and entertainment workers are mentally and physically exhausted. It's going to be a long trip back up the hill for them. They will face many chall

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, for conducting this important study and for the opportunity to appear before the committee today. All parts of the cultural sector were profoundly affected by the COVID pandemic, although none as deeply as the live performance domain, which includes perfo

Canadian Heritage committee  This is a very important and relevant question. We can safely presume that the behaviour of customers will be different after the pandemic. It has already evolved significantly over recent years particularly due to the consumption of culture online, so it will continue to evolve

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. I'll answer the member by first providing a bit of context on these statistics. The labour force survey provides information on employed people. To be deemed employed, whether you are on payroll or you are self-employed, if you worked any number of hours during the re

Canadian Heritage committee  We have raised the issue on a number of occasions with officials at Canadian Heritage and with people in Minister Guilbeault's office. The response from Minister Guilbeault was very positive, but we are still waiting to find out what the sector can expect on March 31. That's the

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to appear before the committee today. No matter what Statistics Canada indicator you look at, live performance industries are the furthest away from recovery. As a matter of fact, they haven’t even begun their recovery. According to the