Merci.
Through you, Mr. Chair, I consider this opportunity to speak before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage a personal privilege, but also it's an honour to represent the Bytown Museum and to speak on behalf of all community museums and community galleries across our remarkable country of Canada.
The Bytown Museum is a registered, not-for-profit charity, as are most community museums and galleries across Canada. The Bytown Museum is now in compliance with the federal Corporations Act, as of October 2014. We could talk about that, but we're going to move forward, because I only have five minutes.
What I want to emphasize at this time—