Mr. Chairman, certainly, if you are putting everything on the same level, we are all aiming straight for a debate on cultural duality. I do not believe that we are going to engage in this debate here and now. The specificity of Quebec dictates that we should consider this asymmetry. As far as representativeness is concerned, the Canadian Museum Association is a strong representative of what is happening elsewhere. Certainly both associations often work together. However, Quebec's specific issues are peculiar to Quebec. That is the reason why I insisted on adding the Société des musées québécois. I did not intend to challenge Western Canada, it had nothing to do with this. In any case, whether they appear before us or not, the end result will be the same because conclusions will be the same. We would still like to have them come and express personally their concerns about the cuts that the government has just made.
On October 4th, 2006. See this statement in context.