Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you all for joining us today.
I have a general question and an additional question for Ms. Schryer. My first question is for Mr. Laflamme, Ms. Schryer, Mr. Légère and Mr. Morrow.
We have to draft a report and you have an opportunity to help us. You said some very interesting things, but I would like you to try and summarize what you would like to see in the report, in order to concretely help you achieve two things, which we should address separately. The first thing has to do with ensuring that, in your sector, the 2017 celebrations will be delivered in both official languages. Second, the priorities that you have identified as part of celebrating linguistic duality must also be met. So, in terms of the delivery of services and the direction of the celebrations, if you had to summarize everything in a few seconds, what would you like to see in our report so that we can make those recommendations to the government? I would like to hear what you have to say.
Ms. Schryer, my additional question to you is this.
The Canadian Museum of Civilization has been changed to the Canadian Museum of History. I think the term “Canadian Museum of History” is ambiguous. Does that mean that Canada is looking at the history of the world? We are talking about the Canadian Museum of History. So that means that we are studying the history of the world in Canada, which is fairly close to what the Canadian Museum of Civilization does, as it looks at the history of civilizations. It is a fine distinction. However, are we now saying that the purpose of this museum is to study the history of Canada only? In that case, it should be called the Museum of Canadian History. We have to be specific and, if that's the case, I think it is unfortunate that we have to limit our study on civilizations or world history.
I think it is a good idea to create a museum of Canadian history, but I think it is a shame to do so at the expense of a Canadian museum of civilization.
My question is for all of you. What do you think about it, Mr. Laflamme? We are going to go in that direction.