Mr. Chairman, given that Canada has worked very hard to gain adoption of this agreement on cultural diversity at UNESCO and given that Canada is one of only two countries in the world to have ratified this agreement, I fail to see why we would wish to debate this issue behind closed doors.
I believe that we should show transparency, given that this debate does not simply revolve around numbers. It is a debate on our society, on our values. This is why I support the idea of discussing this openly.