Mr. Chairman, as a result of the work previously done, there's nothing preventing the Minister of Canadian Heritage from tabling a bill on museum policy. If she wishes to do so, she can also desist because that's why she's there. The government didn't seek the committee's opinion before cutting the budgets of the organizations and programs. We weren't consulted for that. That was unilateral.
I'll take another example: the government's foreign policy isn't drafted in committee; it's the government that decides it. Serious work has been done on the museum file. The minister can make a proposal on the basis of that work, with a team consisting of competent people, as Mr. Bélanger said. At that point, if we want to amend a particular aspect of the bill, we can invite witnesses, who will either support or oppose the bill or an aspect of the bill.