Before I was a member of Parliament, I was the chair of the Ontario government agency that operated Upper Canada Village and Fort Henry, two wonderful living museums that depict Canadian history.
I would argue, with all due respect to our professors on the panel, that history is not the exclusive purview of university professors and that we should be doing everything we can to teach Canadians history. Last year's commemoration of the War of 1812, in my area, was a wonderful opportunity to teach young people the history. When I hear some of the comments today about our not having an opportunity to get that out there, I think this is a wonderful way to do it. I support this bill completely, and I don't believe there's anything in it that precludes research.
I have one quick question.
What do all of you think about the opportunity to get our history out there, across the country, using the new Canadian Museum of History as the base?