Thank you, Madam Chair.
I have to commend Mr. Eglinski for his remark. I think it's a good reminder of the mission of this study.
The mission of the committee is to find support, particularly for small regional museums.
Mr. Lohman, I won't put any questions to you, but I just want to say that I understand that you were an advocate for the museum federation. You seem to want the large national museums to act as big brothers—you even spoke of midwives. I thank you for your very relevant comments. In fact, I note that you are also part of a network that offers its members a 20% discount when they visit other museums in the region, which is a very good thing.
I think Ms. Perron offers a perfect example of an organization that is trying to find a way to keep things afloat, because there is an inherent danger—and not in Louis Hémon's house, but in the house of the family that welcomed him. I only learned this morning that Louis Hémon was not a Quebecker; I apologize. But in my opinion, any proud Breton who visits Lac-Saint-Jean will be happy to go and visit the house where a great novelist from his area lived, one who spoke so elegantly about our country.
That being said, I would like to hear more from you about the idea that the Canadian government could institute a program to support museum admissions. I think this idea has already been raised. We quite understand that projects become wearying for museums because they are not recurrent, and you always have to jump through hoops to get them approved.
Personnaly, the only trip I ever made with my father was around Lac Saint-Jean. Isn't there some way of having a Lac Saint-Jean map that would direct visitors to the museums, hotels and restaurants in the area?