Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the information. The last time I looked at the criteria for those there were some fairly severe limitations on the amount of funding, on whether or not multi-year commitments could be made, which was one of the recommendations of the panel, and other things of this nature. I don't know that is a really sufficient area. I wanted to ask the Minister if he could explain why festivals and events weren't more specifically targeted in the Arts
Strategy and in his department's responsibility for them. Thank you.