Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would also like to thank the witnesses for being here today. I apologize for being late, but something unexpected came up.
My question is for you, Mr. Wilson. To begin with, you pointed out that when it comes to digitizing our written heritage, we are only at 4%, as compared with many others in the world. As for video, we are at 1%. You ranked us against other countries, including Australia.
Last week, I was talking to a member from Halifax. Right now, in the Halifax harbour, the Mi'kmaqs are building a boat made of bark, like the ones they used to build 400 years ago. I am not sure whether anyone is filming it, but it may be the last time they do something like that, and it could be lost.
The Abenakis tribe, one of the 11 nations in Quebec, lives in my riding. Out of the entire tribe, only 2 people still speak the Abenaki language. Once they go, that will be it, the language will never be spoken again. If we do not put in the necessary work, that is what we are on the verge of losing.
Given that other countries in the world are managing to do a much better job than we are, how do you explain why we are where we are?