As the minister explained, our programs enable us to commemorate important anniversaries, including those of cities. We are certainly going to consult representatives of the City of Montreal to look at what can be done for the 375th anniversary. It is important that we be able to focus on all the major anniversaries leading up to 2017 to create momentum around the 150th anniversary. We are going to hold talks with the City of Montreal, as we are going to do with other cities across the country. But we are working within a difficult fiscal framework. So we are going to try as much as possible to stay within our current budget.
On October 20th, 2011. See this statement in context.