The CEO of three major Montreal festivals is asking the city for more money.
In an open letter published on Monday, Jacques-André Dupont is claiming the survival of the free festivals is "less assured than ever".
He is proposing a special tax be levied from local businesses to fund the seven major festivals in the Quartier Des Spectacles.
The Journal de Montreal is reporting that the festivals have already received nearly $20 million in public funding from the city since 2013.
The largest grant to date was $2.8 million for the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2016, for urgent repairs to the Quartier des spectacles and Ste. Catherine St.
The City also provided the equivalent of $4.6 million in technical support, which means the city picked up the bill for closing the streets -not the festival organizers.
Grants provided by the city since 2013:
Files from the Journal de Montreal