If I may, first of all, we don't really have those figures. When we heard evidence presented at this committee that the museum assistance program was underspent, we were surprised and shocked. We can assure you that many more museums are applying for funding than is available. We can assure you that those museums are very sophisticated in how they make applications.
Part of the complexity there has been that the program has grown up, and a lot of demands have been placed on it. Museums have to match each one of those dollars. Sometimes, if you don't get an approval within a reasonable period of time, if you have to wait eight to ten to twelve months to get an approval, the train has already left the railway station. The project is now dead, or is no longer viable. The money is returned to Ottawa. A credit therefore develops.
That's what we believe is happening. We don't run that program, and don't have immediate access to it, but I can assure you, right off the top, that the needs of the museum community are far in excess of $9.4 million.