We've been completely supportive of developing private sector philanthropy to help museums. Currently in Canada the museum community is receiving about 9% of its total revenue by way of donations. I don't mean donations of artifacts, I mean donations of money. That is much lower, for example, than in the United States and other countries. We need to develop a culture of greater support for our museums. We've made proposals to the federal government and the finance committee to set up a special program of matching donations as a short-term incentive. It's not in this bill.
I'm speaking to the larger issue regarding the difficulty of raising money. What I heard Mr. O'Neill say is that it was his role to undertake that national campaign.
I agree with you, in Timmins or Corner Brook, it will be more difficult to raise that kind of funding. I believe there are probably some other steps that can and will be looked at by the Department of Canadian Heritage.