Thank you.
I've met many of the heritage department staff who are out in the field. You hire people who really know their files. They are very professional. They know their portfolio very well. I meet many of the arts presenters. They are very professional. They wouldn't be in business if they weren't. As someone who's played most of the music festivals across the country, I can say that being lackadaisical about details will put you out of business very quickly, and you'll never work with people again.
I'm trying to understand--between the professionalism that you have on your staff and what we see with the presenters--the huge delays that happened. It happened after a change of government; Bev Oda came in. Now, there is going to be prioritizing of priorities, but now we're four or five years into this nightmare with the Conservatives, and we're still seeing the backups.
Mr. Blais, you were saying that part of the problem with the minister is that he has to get up to speed, the minister's staff don't know the files, there is a need for them to be more knowledgeable and more efficient. It seems to me that the problem here is that you can set up all the action plans you want, but God help us if there's a cabinet shuffle. Do we then go back to square one on this?