We have had discussions about the Canada Council. In the first exercise the Canada Council was required to contribute. If that is what the hon. member is referring to, it was the exercise in early 2004.
I have been in this position for four months. We are talking about reallocation. It was an exercise done throughout the entire government. When we asked our major national museums to see whether they could cut 5%, we did not ask the Canada Council because we felt that as part of its role funding goes through the Canada Council directly to artists.
However, we did ask the Canada Council to ensure that all its programs run efficiently, that all its programs indeed are geared to the artists, and that they are administered as efficiently as possible.
Nonetheless, there were two exercises: the first one involved the contribution of $1 billion and the second is the entire reallocation exercise. This second exercise is not finished yet, given that we are currently talking about it, as are all the ministers.