Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is an interesting discussion.
I just wanted to ask Ms. Cook a couple of questions with respect to the library funding. I actually spent six years on the library board in my community, two years as chair, so I certainly have a pretty deep appreciation, as does my family, for the library services that are provided in our community.
I know one of the things that we always struggled with as a board, and that I did in particular as the chair, was to meet funding obligations. To do that our only real additional funding, aside from that from the municipality and a grant from the province, came from the collection of library fines. We really didn't have a relationship with the federal government. I wonder if you could tell us your feelings on why the federal government should actually or potentially invest in libraries across the country.