I wanted to add as well that this is a good question you've asked.
Also, because of the decline in public support over the last 20 years from federal-provincial sources, museums have had to cut back. Their attention has been on what we call the front-door activities, which are the gift shop, marketing, and special glamourous activities to attract people.
What has declined has been behind the scenes. Our storage facilities, the state of collections, and the amount of research that's done. That's number one.
Number two, there is virtually no source of funding for research, as Mr. Angus asked for. For example, we have researched federal research agencies that provide money to post-secondary educational institutions, such as SSHRC, NSERC, and the Canadian Foundation for Innovation. They are wonderful agencies, but they don't fund museums. They do not take museums as serious research institutes. We object to that and would like to see it change. We think museums should be eligible. Right now, the only way they can be eligible is if they get into bed with the universities and have a cross-appointment, or something similar.
So the door is starting to open at these agencies, and we'd really appreciate it if you could encourage them to make museums more eligible.