In terms of the ongoing funding in the arts and cultural sector, yes, the message I'm really trying to push is that we really need core, stable funding, an increase to the Canada Council that is permanent, and also to keep programs like the Tomorrow Starts Today initiative. In the arts, we're always worried about losing these programs and then going back 20 years in terms of the amounts of funding we're getting. So we really need to have stability so our organizations can become permanent within their communities.
On December 7th, 2007. See this statement in context.