Mr. Speaker, if we have to trust those people over there, then we are not out of the woods.
While millions of dollars are being spent on recreating the War of 1812, this government, including that minister, has decided to declare war on archivists. Cuts are being made to hundreds of small museums because the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages has chosen to make cuts to the National Archival Development Program.
Towns and cities everywhere will not have enough money to protect their historical documents—small churches, small libraries, everywhere, and that will have an impact on us. At the end of the day, these cuts are threatening the very wealth and diversity of heritage in our communities.
Why is the government so doggedly attacking our collective wealth—