All right, let us talk about the Trade Routes program. This $7 million program took $5 million in order to generate $2 million in benefits. Clearly, those who received the $2 million were not happy. Nevertheless, if it costs $5 million to generate $2 million in benefits, I think that my electors as well as yours could well believe that this degree of inefficiency is unacceptable in a federal government. We must spend and invest our money more efficiently to meet the needs of the cultural communities.
You said that there had been arbitrary and drastic cuts amounting to $45 million. From that amount, $12.760 million were intended for the Canadian Memory Fund. This program accomplished its objective; it was successful. Do we need to repeat this? We invested $4 million in the Internet Culture.ca website on a yearly basis, but no one ever used it. Do you want us to put the site up again under the pretext that it was arbitrarily removed? If we take these funds and reinvest them in the Canada Council for the Arts or in festivals, it is not an arbitrary cut. That is where the money is going. In fact, the funds are also meant for the Olympic Flame Relay. This is supposed to be the biggest relay in the history of the Olympic Games. I am sure that this event will also take place in every one of the ridings held by members of the Bloc Québécois, and that the same members will be proud to be present at these celebrations, even though while you are here, in the House of Commons, you are condemning these investments.