Thank you, Madam Chair.
I gather, from what we've heard, that your departments are already responsible for a great deal of infrastructure, including monuments, buildings, places, sites and so on.
In small communities, both urban and rural, it's relatively easy to have historic monuments designated. One reason is that the municipalities don't have the means to take care of the monuments. As soon as the municipalities have the monuments designated as national heritage, the municipalities are relieved because another organization will take care of the monuments. That's my impression, and I may be wrong. I would like you to talk about this.
In short, the government is expanding its stock of infrastructure when it may not have the means to maintain its current infrastructure.
I want to hear from the Parks Canada representatives.