Yes: if you look at the estimates that we're debating today, you'll see that support in funding contributions has gone up. I say this, and I've said this to every.... For all the organizations that have come before this committee, that have met with you, as the heritage critic, and now who have met with me, I say this to every single organization that I've met with: when we deliver our budget next year, the organization that gets hit the most is mine, my department.
We will have the biggest cut in my department, in the operation of my department, more than anybody else, in order to protect the integrity of the Canada Council, our national museums, and festivals across the country. We will lead by example. The largest reduction in spending will be in my department.