Mr. Speaker, it is not true. In our budget of last year, our government made a number of decisions with regard to culture.
When it comes to all of our national museums, we did not cut a dime from any one of them, including the National Gallery. For him to suggest in the House that they are having challenges because of the government is not true. In fact, this is what the press release from the National Gallery said:
Visitors to the Gallery...will see no diminishment in the services delivered...
This decision was not made by the government. It was made internally.
We have made decisions as a government to increase funding for all of our national museums, to create two new national museums at Pier 21 and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
We are proud of our record, and the Canadian Museum of History will be a great success.