Just very quickly, handing out money is not the solution. I mean, yes, of course museums are after money, but you need true partnership with the federal government. The federal government has expertise in collection management and funding sources. All museums need to mature on collections management. Ours is one of those. As Duncan said, we need to mature.
There are wonderful opportunities for the federal government to engage with museums, to tell stories, and to create dialogue on issues of importance across the country. To focus on our museum, a couple of things pop up. Of course, there's the St. Roch and the sovereignty issues it evokes. It's the vessel that went west to east and around North America first. There are sovereignty issues through our museum, and there are indigenous and reconciliation issues. I mentioned the Whaler's Shrine, which is a national historic site too, by the way. We have no funding to us for St. Roch and we have no funding for the national historic site Whaler's Shrine.
There are just a couple of issues there that I think resonate for the federal government in opportunities with museums to tell stories and create dialogue of importance to Canadians—the Northwest Passage, sovereignty, and indigenous issues.
Thank you.