Mr. Speaker, I see that I will not have time to answer two questions, so I will just answer one.
I am a regular at the museum. What is more, I studied communications at the University of Ottawa and, as part of a student project, we had an unpaid contract with the Canadian Museum of Civilization that involved putting together exhibitions on Canadian history. The exhibition I worked on focused on New France.
Civilizations from both Canada and abroad have always been a key component of the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
I visited two major exhibitions at the museum: one on the history of ancient Greece, and the other on Egypt called “Tombs of Eternity”. The Egyptian exhibition was the most visited exhibition in the past five years. It showcased the history of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt.
The change to the Canadian Museum of Civilization's mandate means that the museum will no longer be able to house exhibitions that have a foreign focus or that emphasize key elements of the history of civilization. The fact is that those kinds of exhibitions were very popular.
Yes, I do have concerns about the future attendance at the museum.