Mr. Speaker, there have been criticisms that this is reducing the scope of the museum because it is changing the name to the Canadian Museum of History. That is actually unfounded. Anyone who reads the act would see that it does not in fact reduce the scope. Anyone who talks with current museum management, who are pleased with this change, would see that management is excited because they get to expand the scope of the museum.
As I said in my speech, it would not just expand and update the museum itself; it would expand the audience, the number of people who could benefit from this.
We are making a shift in focus because Canadians want to be more aware of our history. The more aware of it that they are, the more proud we will be of it.