Thank you very much, Senator Duffy.
In terms of your first point about copyright, certainly that's an area where I will need to become more well informed and I've made note of the importance of that.
On the second item, I applied for this job in part because I believe that libraries are anything but dead. I think libraries are more important than ever because we are overwhelmed with information. There is so much information out there that individuals—be they parliamentarians or Canadians—might have very easy access to through Google and other mechanisms for information. But do you know whether that information is quality information that you can rely on in a speech, when you're meeting with constituents, when you're putting out backgrounders, or whatever it might be? The Library should be the place you can come to and say, “I need information on this topic”, and know that if the Library brings it back to you, you can count on it.
For me, we're in a world where libraries are more and more important. I want to be sure that when you have questions in your mind about information and reliability, you can come to us and say, “Is this right?” or “I need information on this”, and know that if it came from the Library of Parliament, you can count on it.
Libraries are absolutely not dead. I think they are the place to be.