Madam Speaker, I have a question for the hon. member. I congratulate him on a very able speech.
The member must know that at second reading of the bill the members of the Reform Party voted against it. Some of us were kind of surprised at that because the bill does something to promote Canada's culture. It does quite a lot to promote Canada's culture I would suggest, particularly the culture that is contained in Canada's museums and art galleries.
Does the hon. member agree with me that the Reform Party policy on this matter is inappropriate and that Reform Party members should be supporting the bill since they must recognize, as we do, that culture is an extremely important part of Canada's political, economic and social life?
The culture represented by Canada's art galleries and museums is a very significant part of our heritage.