We are asking that the Council's funding be increased to $300 million. That is what was promised in 2006. Every time someone says that the government is cutting cultural programs, it says that, on the contrary, it is allocating more to other programs. Would it not be easier to say that you need $350 million by 2011, 2012 or 2013, and that 20% of that amount would be allocated to international programs and 10% to other programs?
Why not ask the government to turn over responsibility for these programs to you instead of asking for $12 million here, $13 million there, $300 million there.