Health committee  It's something that we're all in together, no matter if you're an artist, a performer, a tech or a venue. We're all affected equally. If we can't play, then venues can't sustain an income or have any kind of growth. At my management, Invictus Entertainment, out of Penticton, B.C

Health committee  As a Canadian citizen and a very proud Canadian—one million per cent Canadian through and through—one of the things that most disappoints me is that we didn't take a deep breath and look at what could be a huge travesty for our mental health, especially when mental health is firs

Health committee  On average, you're looking at probably, depending on the venue size, a hundred, and that includes our people and the venue people and then all of those people who are affected outside of that circle. For big tours going into arenas, you have a hundred techs alone loading and unlo

Health committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Barlow. Here's one of the biggest things. I'm no expert in this field, albeit I've done the economics for our business for 30 years. We have a company out of Vancouver called Yaletown Financial, which handles all of our business management needs,

Health committee  The sad thing is using the word “business”, John. Our business is not a business of “I'm going to do this and I'm going to punch a time clock from nine to five”. There's so much passion and there's so much of yourself that goes into it that, when I talked to one of the artists la

Health committee  Good morning and thank you to all the members and Mr. Chair for having me on as a witness. I will try not to be too long-winded, but I was born and raised in Nova Scotia, as Chris knows, where we like to tell stories. I currently live in Alberta where I've lived for more than ha

Health committee  Anyway, I could go on and on, but I think it's more important that you get the opportunity to ask the witnesses direct questions, so I will stand down now and wait for those questions. Thanks again for having me.