I'll tell you what my reservation is--and maybe I'll overcome it. I find there's too much hiving off of government responsibility to independent third parties. Sometimes it's good, and sometimes it's necessary. In the case of the Canada Council, I believe it's necessary. I don't believe that government should be choosing among art works.
But I think when we're talking about museums, we may be talking about a different kettle of fish. I must admit that I kind of like the idea that somebody can appeal to the government and say they're not being fairly treated here, whatever, by this trust or this body, for some reason, that there's some internal politics. And we heard evidence of some internal politics from our witnesses at last Wednesday's meeting.
So I like this idea that there can be counterbalancing forces, and I don't think it's so dangerous for the government to be making funding decisions about museums, not as dangerous as it would be, for example, for the government to be micro-managing the CBC or the Canada Council. That's where my reservations come in, but I really appreciate your input on that issue.
Thank you.