Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question of the hon. member. I was certainly pleased to hear that there are volunteers running the artefacts museum in her riding. That is wonderful. We need more volunteers working in our communities.
I do not buy the premise that we have to offer tax credits in order to get these works of art these different paintings and sculptures to remain in Canada. I believe there are many Canadians who have done well in businesses in Canada who are prepared to make those
donations tax free without any tax credits. The government is making the assumption that we have to do this to encourage it and I do not believe that.
We certainly cannot and should not be doing it at this time in our history when we are in the financial mess we are in. We just do not have the dollars to throw away in the form of tax credits to the very wealthy in this country.