Canadian Heritage committee  If we are planning to celebrate an event in a few years' time, we could consider exhibitions produced by various museums. We can start to think about programs that will allow these institutions to begin working on these projects well in advance. Indeed, people must understand tha

Canadian Heritage committee  Perhaps we could talk about Quebec City. So far, much of the focus has been on Montreal. We saw this during the most recent budget. To my knowledge, I do not believe that there is much interprovincial coordination at this time. Perhaps this is something that the federal governmen

Canadian Heritage committee  In our case, we receive a good deal of financial support from our municipality. But some funny things have happened. These things may not fall within the scope of today's hearing, but I would like to mention them, because we are talking a lot about funding and these things relate

Canadian Heritage committee  —large museums. It can be difficult for us, because large museums do offer us travelling exhibitions, for instance, but the cost is often prohibitive and their exhibitions are often too big for our facilities. There is a willingness to develop cooperation and dialogue, but the re

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I think something like that would be completely manageable, but not by small museums or by the organization itself. Perhaps the Canadian Museums Association could manage the program in partnership with Canadian Heritage, for example. In any case, this has already been done.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would rather not comment on the War of 1812, but I will say that conserving religious heritage is extremely important. This point has been raised, but I would rather not confuse the issue. Most churches currently belong to and are managed by parish councils, or parishes and so

Canadian Heritage committee  With regard to this program, I would like to add that, unfortunately, students who go and work at an institution for a year cannot work at the same institution the next year. This makes things very difficult for small institutions, because they have to train new students every ti

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, it is, in some ways. For instance, in Rivière-du-Loup there are three churches, and the question is on the table right now, what to do with these three churches. We have a project. It is a question of expanding the museum. Our space is too limited, considering our collecti

Canadian Heritage committee  As you were saying, I'm from a very small community. There are 20,000 people living in Rivière-du-Loup, 35,000 in the MRC de Rivière-du-Loup, so it is very small. We have to work very hard to raise money just to maintain our mission as such. I would say that we can gather maybe

Canadian Heritage committee  Canadian Heritage already has a variety of programs, which, I believe, are available and open to all museums, and are relatively well known across Canada. Some programs have to do with the production and circulation of travelling exhibitions, while others are for the production

Canadian Heritage committee  I first want to thank the committee for hosting us. I'm Pierre Landry, president of the Société des musées québécois. I'm also general director of the Musée du Bas-Saint-Laurent à Rivière-du-Loup, a small institution. So my way of seeing things comes from both being president o