Canadian Heritage committee  There's absolutely a transformation, some positive and some negative. It will remain to be seen what stays with us. I know in the very beginning of the pandemic we talked about this being an opportunity to change for the positive in our sector. We're still at the place where we'r

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. Again, I was trying to speak to diversity in my introduction. Every company has a different issue. If you're a rural company and you're trying to attract audience members from literally a several hours drive away, you're facing different capacity issues than if you're in T

Canadian Heritage committee  It's not necessarily based on size, but a lot of it is based on historical practice. So companies that have historically benefited from funding from the Canada Council, as long as they're in good standing, they continue to benefit from that. There's not a huge new influx of money

Canadian Heritage committee  It's a very hard question. We've had many members who have been allowed to open at 100% capacity, but because of audience lack of confidence in going, they haven't been able to achieve 100% capacity. I think people would like to see the opportunity to open at 100%, but make their

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I know Ireland has just passed something recent in support of artists. I think Aubrey has probably greater info on that than I do. But I know in Europe there are a number of countries that do support their artists with a guaranteed income program.

Canadian Heritage committee  To echo everything my colleagues have said, there would be a collapse of the theatre sector, definitely; there would also be a loss of venues, a loss of companies, a loss of artists, and a huge loss in the diversity of Canadian stories being told. There would also be an increase

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. We already have members who are on the brink. Omicron pushed people even closer. We can't keep riding that roller coaster. Companies have survived mainly on the emergency funds that have been available. If and when that ceases, as Aubrey said in her presentation, it

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll say quickly that there are so many companies across the country that can't access that funding because they traditionally haven't had access to it. Those that have received funding in the past are much more likely to get that money, so companies that were already behind prep

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you to the committee for undertaking this necessary examination. My name is Boomer, and I'm the executive director of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres. PACT is a collective voice of professional Canadian theatres representing o

Canadian Heritage committee  Thanks. I'm wrapped.