It's one of the things we're considering. We haven't decided on it because, to be honest, we had differing experiences, for example, when I was minister responsible for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. We had VANOC, which was an independent organization, and very often when we have independent organizations, what they will often do—and your government will remember this well—is to have all kinds of hype and to dream up all kinds of great big things and stir up all kinds of excitement about something, and then all they do is then to turn to the government and say, “Now fund it”. I think that's not necessarily the best model to follow.
The idea of having, certainly, independence in making sure that our celebrations are seen to be pan-Canadian and obviously non-partisan, thoughtful, and inclusive of all parts of the country, respectful of our official languages, and all of our diversity in the country, of course, is self-evident.
That would only benefit the program, but the way in which it's structured matters very much because, as I personally experienced in the past, there have been organizations that have been independent, have dialed up expectations, and then turned to the government and said, “Now pay for it”, without any input whatsoever.
There's a way to do it that matters, and that was one of the recommendations of the committee that was looking at it, and we're taking that into account.