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Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce.

I believe strongly in the power of arts education to engage and empower young people.

Like every Canadian, I have been taught that one of the most important functions of art is to supply and elaborate the myths and narratives of nationhood.

Kids deserve arts, and it's just as important as science, math, history, English or athletics.

You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes their lives for the better. That's where my engagement is.

Exposure to the arts and culture is enormously valuable.

Canada does a really a phenomenal job of producing music, actors, and entertainers. If you look at the number of people we have in our country relative to the number of people that are prominent in the entertainment industry, it's pretty impressive.

We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it gives us empathy and shows us how to live. It is so important.

Music is the biggest tool of revolution - the best way to reach out to the youth and involve them. If you can't contribute to the world with your art, I don't see the meaning of life.

I wish to share and pass down some of my generation's traits, and encourage young people to create their own art, music, and literature.