It's very short. I was going to actually finish what I was saying to Charlie Angus about the funding formula we're thinking about implementing that would be beneficial to Canadians.
Let me put it this way. I've had the opportunity to travel a lot in my time as a member of Parliament. I've spent a lot of time in the United States and a lot of time abroad. I can tell you--you don't see this often in Canada, but I've certainly seen it in a lot of cities, which will remain nameless, elsewhere in the world--that there's nothing worse, frankly, than going to a city that has a strong, thriving economy but is culturally dead. Just dead. I mean, they have great jobs and great employment, but you go to the strip mall, and then you go home. People operate in their own personal spaces at home in front of a television or a computer, but there's no shared sense of space.
I think it's very important for cities to be alive. I love going to Quebec City and Montreal. There's nothing more alive in Montreal than the jazz festival, or even Montreal on St. Patrick's Day. In Quebec City they just, of course, had the Carnaval de Québec last week, and the Prime Minister was there. Cities that are alive are cities you want to live in. It doesn't matter how strong your economy is, quality of life is more than that. That's why we make these investments in cultural spaces.