Mr. Chair, I am fairly slow in the world of politics. We have taken money out of the Canada Council and we are calling it a reallocation. Is that like collateral damage? Will the money go back to the Canada Council? Can I go to the people at Canada Council and tell them to relax and stop being hysterical or, as was used earlier, to stop being alarmists because there is nothing to be alarmed about? Can I tell them that the funding they had last year and the year before is secure for this coming year and for the next year?
In the House of Commons on November 16th, 2004. See this statement in context.