Okay. I'm glad I asked the question, then, and I'll tell you why.
I think as far as it goes, it's fine, but I believe the real question that has to be answered is what criteria should the federal government establish--and here I mean any federal government, whether it be ours or not--in terms of federal responsibility for the funding that would go to small museums? This information on small museums in Canada--the overview, the introduction, the issues and challenges, and so on and so forth--is all very interesting, but at the end of the day, if we have not defined what the criteria should be for the federal government....
If I may, I just want to be completely clear so that my friends understand. To me this is not a partisan question; this is a question of jurisdiction. If we are talking about something that has a real interest to Ed Fast and his constituents in Abbotsford, and there is a strong local flavour, is there a federal responsibility to Mr. Fast's constituents or not? Is there a national concern, a national connection? Clearly, in the case of railways, I think there is. I think that case can be made. But even with railways there are sub-concerns.
So I would suggest that what we need from our researchers is a more concise way to say what I'm expressing right now, establishing criteria, or a recommendation on criteria, for the federal government to determine federal responsibility. It's not a jurisdictional question as much as it is a question on what is the rationale for there to be a federal contribution to a museum.