Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you again for inviting us to make this presentation to the committee. We are pleased to be here today to assist the committee in its consideration of private member's bill C-473.
We thought it would be useful to provide some context for the bill in terms of existing federal legislation. The Cultural Property Import and Export Act, which was enacted in 1977, protects objects of heritage value.
We have a few very brief comments, Mr. Chair.
I am going to give the floor to my colleague Ms. Elliot Sherwood, who will provide you with this information.