Canadian Heritage committee  We'll need partnership from all levels of government. This will be about having sustained supports in place. We need to know that if we have to close, someone will be there to hold our hand to help us get to when we can reopen. We need messaging. We need all levels of government

Canadian Heritage committee  I echo what Michael says. Yes, that's what we're looking for. It's really the combination of things, and when you don't have the emergency funding there, the lack of insurance is exacerbating the situation we're in.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't know that I would characterize it that way. Broadway Across Canada is one of our partners in commercial theatre and they present commercial touring productions across the country. Perhaps that activity is not to the same extent, but it does exist and it is robust. Again

Canadian Heritage committee  I think there is much more to do. I think that these conversations are certainly a helpful beginning, and as we referenced in our statement, we've been having many of them of late. I would say that in defining culture, and therefore a cultural mandate, it's important for us to re

Canadian Heritage committee  I think, to Michael's point, we have not advocated for ourselves in the past. When we were plunged into this crisis, along with everyone else, we were starting at a very different point in conversation. We've been grateful to be heard. We've been grateful that people have returne

Canadian Heritage committee  I can see that happening in the long term in the commercial sector. In the short term, we'd be looking at what those spaces are used for. Throughout the course of the pandemic, movie studios were able to rent our theatres and capture content and broadcast it, but theatre producti

Canadian Heritage committee  I think we would be looking at the collapse of Canadian commercial theatre production, as opposed to presentation. Already, every day, we're making decisions on whether to import something from the U.K. or the United States, or whether to grow something at home. As that becomes m

Canadian Heritage committee  It translates into an additional $10 in spending. For every dollar spent on a commercial theatre ticket, an additional $10 is spent in the local economy, which translates over time into billions of dollars in economic activity.

Canadian Heritage committee  Commercial theatre is always a risky endeavour because it is all private capital and because you do rely solely on box-office income to not only meet your weekly needs, but to return that initial capital. We're facing increasing risk because of rolling shutdowns that are happenin

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you. My name is Kendra Bator, and I'm representing Mirvish Productions, Canada's largest commercial theatre producer. Together with Michael Rubinoff and the Canadian Commercial Theatre League, we've submitted a brief on the state of the Canadian commercial theatre sector