Mr. Chair, firstly, I want to reassure my colleague. Since the program review of 1994-95, the Canada Council saw its budget increase by more than $30 million dollars. Obviously, there has been some reinvestment at the Canada Council.
Now, I know what my colleague is talking about when he looks at the estimates review. Indeed, the Tomorrow Starts Today program will end in 2005. Because it ends in 2005, we cannot put it in the estimates. It will not exist anymore. We have to obtain new credits and get the program renewed.
Today, as I have mentioned and I repeat, we are negotiating. That being said, it is the goal of Canadian Heritage, and I think it is also the goal of my colleagues, to have the Tomorrow Starts Today program renewed. However, such a renewal requires the agreement of all my colleagues and of the Minister of Finance who looks at the overall picture and decides if we can afford it or not.
I have to tell you that we are negotiating intensively because, actually, the Tomorrow Starts Today program represents 65% of my department's programs, as far as culture is concerned. As I have said previously, this means that it is the most important initiative since the creation of the Canada Council for the Arts.
We certainly will not watch as it disappears without uttering a word, on the contrary. I have the support of all my colleagues here.