Canadian Heritage committee  No, it's a different area. Inuit art and first nations art are very different; Inuit art is very controlled by art dealers and the art market, so it's a very different area. It would be nice; I'd like to see that. I'd like to see the equivalent for first nations.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's strictly for the collection, yes. And the artists came up with criteria so that 60% is for emerging or new artists and 40% is for mid-career and prominent artists—and we still keep that division. We make sure there's regional representation and representation by gender as well, and sometimes we have regional juries.

Canadian Heritage committee  We do respect copyright.

Canadian Heritage committee  That's right.

Canadian Heritage committee  Are there any more questions?

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, or we will recommend people for specialties they're not aware of.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't remember receiving such a request. We sometimes receive requests from other countries, but we can't...

Canadian Heritage committee  We did not receive any request from this museum. In order to have an exposition in other countries or to lend artifacts, we cannot act alone because that is not our mandate. We have to work in tandem with the Department of External Affairs.

Canadian Heritage committee  There are plans being talked about for a national aboriginal art gallery. It coincides with the 2010 Expo in Vancouver. I haven't seen anything in the last year. I know that in the last discussions artists were saying that it would be good for us to loan works to them.

Canadian Heritage committee  First of all, I'm aboriginal. I'm Mi'gmaq from Listuguj first nations in Quebec. My passion for the arts has been with me for 40 years. I'm almost 60 and about to retire. I hope I find somebody with the same passion to work in this area. Indian and Northern Affairs is part of my life and has always been.

Canadian Heritage committee  It's completely separate. Sometimes they will ask me to sit on juries because of the specialty I have, but it's a separate operation.

Canadian Heritage committee  The originals are in archive boxes, which are preserved according to archive methods.

Canadian Heritage committee  With us. Some people from the National Library come over to see how these artifacts are being preserved.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, but they don't want to. They say that these artifacts are well preserved with us.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, I do recall now. We have a copy of this study.