Thank you.
I would like to talk to you about two organizations that have had a tough year. In budget 2012, you eliminated the Arts, Culture and Diversity Program, which allocated funds to the Canadian Conference of the Arts and the Coalition for Cultural Diversity.
Canada and Quebec have been true leaders in terms of the UNESCO cultural diversity convention, but your government is now cutting the lifelines of those two organizations that play a key role—especially the Coalition for Cultural Diversity.
Are we to conclude that, in your opinion, protecting cultural diversity is no longer a priority for the federal government?