Evidence of meeting #17 for Canadian Heritage in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was nfb.
A recording is available from Parliament.
NDP
Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet NDP Hochelaga, QC
Is there a chance that you might get involved again, now that there have been significant cuts and that those people are really in danger and really need help? Would it be possible to lend them a hand to survive?
Assistant Commissioner, National Film Board of Canada
No, it is impossible.
Assistant Commissioner, National Film Board of Canada
No. We have been involved for a long time. The NFB's job was to develop initiatives. We were there at the start of the Wapikoni project. We were very involved. At some point, after five years, those people were supposed to fly on their own. That was the plan from the beginning. Other aboriginal nations were supposed to take up the project. We would rather carry out other projects. We have other projects that achieve the same goal as the Wapikoni project, but they are less visible.
NDP
NDP
Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet NDP Hochelaga, QC
Mr. Caron, I have a very specific question for you.
Recently, a book illustrated by Catharine Parr Traill—I'm not sure if she wrote it as well—was sold to an American collector. Do you know how a book like that got into the hands of a private American collector?
Librarian and Archivist, Library and Archives Canada
There are a bunch of cases like that, madam. I am not familiar with that one in particular.
We keep a strategic watch. When we do our assessment, we ask ourselves whether we should participate in the bidding or not. We sometimes go. You win some, you lose some.
Librarian and Archivist, Library and Archives Canada
I'm sorry, I am not.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Rob Moore
Merci.
Thank you to our witnesses today. Thank you for taking the time to answer a lot of questions. We're at the early stages of our Canada 150 study, but we know it's going to take a lot of preparation for us to have a great celebration. We're pleased that you're going to be a part of it.
By the way, for the National Film Board, I was able to be in Shanghai and see that movie you did. It was great, and the Canada pavilion was one of the most popular at the Expo, so congratulations on that.
I have a reminder for our committee members that we do not have a committee meeting this Thursday. Our next meeting is next Tuesday, when we're going to be studying committee business.
The committee is adjourned.