Thank you. I think it is really wonderful that your two groups are here. We aren’t having many meetings about this, but you represent several museums, both large and small.
I was once a guide-interpreter at the Pointe-à-Callière museum, which is a medium-sized museum. Even though it’s a good-sized museum, it always has a hard time finding funding. When I was there, guide-interpreter jobs were always being cut, which meant fewer services to the public. That was always the first thing to go.
You talked about stable funding for museums. The Canadian Museums Association suggested the creation of a fund-matching program.
Mr. Landry, if a new museums policy or a fund-matching program is created, what can we do to help museums of all sizes? How can we make sure that small museums survive too?