Canadian Heritage Committee on Sept. 24th, 2025

[Isabelle Mondou]

There are two ways to do that.

We have a program on infrastructure. The minister mentioned a bit about the repair of equipment, but it also can be used for construction. It's a relatively small program for a whole country, so what we often do is work with our colleagues at the Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities. We try to make sure that infrastructure and cultural organizations also apply to the bigger infrastructure programs, so that they can have access, sometimes, to a bit more money—as you mentioned, $10 million or more. It's a combination, I would say, of the Department of Canadian Heritage for the ones that are more mid-sized, and, for the big ones, it could be the infrastructure department.

[Zoe Royer, Liberal, Port Moody—Coquitlam, BC]

This is really—

[The Chair, Liberal, Lisa Hepfner]

I'm sorry, Ms. Royer. You are out of time.

We are out of time for this committee.

I really want to thank you all for the number and the quality of our department witnesses today. We really appreciate your time and your insight.

Mr. Champoux, we don’t really have time to discuss this, but I have spoken with the clerk. We will try to contact the chair of the CRTC again to request that she appear before the committee, as the committee really wants to see her next week.

[Martin Champoux, Bloc, Drummond, QC]

If possible, I would like to receive an update as soon as our clerk has any news so that we know where we stand, as this requires some preparation on both sides.

This would be beneficial for everyone, as it would allow us to do our work properly, given that we will not be sitting for two days at the beginning of next week due to the long weekend.

[The Chair, Liberal, Lisa Hepfner]

Absolutely. We will be in touch with you as soon as possible.

Mr. Généreux, you have the floor.

[Bernard Généreux, Conservative, Côte-du-Sud—Rivière-du-Loup—Kataskomiq—Témiscouata, QC]

I would like to point out to everyone that no one has eaten tonight. We have our committee meetings from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

I suggest that, when we are here until 6:30 p.m., we have cheese, grapes, crackers, in short, something. This will save us from having to prepare a full dinner that we will not eat. Personally, I am able to wait to have dinner until after the committee meeting.

[The Chair, Liberal, Lisa Hepfner]

I realized that too, and I agree.

Everyone seems to agree on that.

My thanks to all of you.

The meeting is adjourned.