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Evidence of meeting #24 for Canadian Heritage in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was funding.
A video is available from Parliament.
Evidence of meeting #24 for Canadian Heritage in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was funding.
A video is available from Parliament.
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Director General, Financial Management Branch, Department of Canadian Heritage
No.
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Director General, Financial Management Branch, Department of Canadian Heritage
No guess....
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NDP
Kennedy Stewart NDP Burnaby—Douglas, BC
Okay.
How long is Hockey Night in Canada going to be on CBC?
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Deputy Minister, Department of Canadian Heritage
In addition to the fact that the rights have now been sold, it is important to remember that CBC has arranged a four-year contract, so they will be continuing to provide Hockey Night in Canada coverage for at least the next four years. They don't have the rights but they will be providing the coverage.
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Deputy Minister, Department of Canadian Heritage
The other question I have is how long do we have the Habs in the Stanley Cup playoffs—
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Some hon. members
Oh, oh!
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Deputy Minister, Department of Canadian Heritage
—because CBC will definitely be providing that. So if they go to the Stanley Cup final, we'll have them even longer.
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Conservative
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Conservative
Ted Falk Conservative Provencher, MB
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you, witnesses, for coming here today.
My question revolves around veterans and war. This past Friday we had a national day of honour when we celebrated the conclusion of our mission in Afghanistan, and this year will also mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War, which lasted more than four years, and the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War.
In its report on plans and priorities, the Department of Canadian Heritage stated that "Using existing resources, the Department will fund activities that give Canadians opportunities to participate in the commemoration of the two World Wars...”.
Can you tell us a little about what those existing resources are, and how the department will mark the anniversary of these historic events?
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Deputy Minister, Department of Canadian Heritage
The department does have various programs that can assist us in commemorating these important events. They include the commemorate Canada program, so there will be some funding there that will be used to commemorate the world wars. Building communities through arts and heritage is a program that allows individual communities to put on events that are related to matters of importance to Canada.
The museums assistance program has provided some funding to help museums include more information on the wars. The Canada cultural spaces fund is available for cultural buildings for the infrastructure they may need help in renovating, and some of the funding from there is being used to help in these commemorations. Then there's the Canada history fund, where we have various competitions, essays, and so forth, and where we're trying to focus on some of the world wars.
That's some of the funding our department has. Of course, Veterans Affairs and DND are also involved in commemorating these wars. They would have additional funds for that.
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Conservative
Ted Falk Conservative Provencher, MB
Can you tell us a little about the amount of funding, the total budget your department has, for these events?
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Deputy Minister, Department of Canadian Heritage
Do you have the total budget, Bob?
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Director General, Financial Management Branch, Department of Canadian Heritage
The funding comes from a series of programs, as Ms. Swords mentioned, so it would be a part of the funding from the different programs.
For example, we mentioned commemorate Canada. It has a budget of about $3.25 million and some portion of that will be provided for the commemoration of World War I and World War II projects. Similarly, our building communities through arts and heritage program has a set budget and some portion of that funding would be provided for World War I and World War II commemorations.
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Conservative
Ted Falk Conservative Provencher, MB
Each of those departments has included a portion of it in their detailed budgets?
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Director General, Financial Management Branch, Department of Canadian Heritage
Yes, it would be included in their budgets.
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Conservative
Ted Falk Conservative Provencher, MB
Does our Canadian War Museum just down the street fall under your portfolio?
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Deputy Minister, Department of Canadian Heritage
Yes, it does. They're part of the Canadian Museum of History, organizationally.
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Conservative
Ted Falk Conservative Provencher, MB
I had the opportunity to tour that museum last year, and it's very well done. It's very impactful, and we're hoping that in Winnipeg we'll get the same traction from our Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
