Canadian Heritage committee  Hello ladies and gentlemen. I am very happy to be here today. I would like to thank this important committee for inviting me here today to talk about the 150th anniversary of our great country, and also to thank the committee for your proactive approach and early consideration f

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the compliments to our beautiful province. I'm very glad that you have been there. Leading up to 2014, we have plans under way to attract attention to the new musical we are going to develop about Canada's abundant natural resources. We're going to cooperate with

Canadian Heritage committee  It's 48 years old.

Canadian Heritage committee  The theatre will soon be 50 years old. It was opened in 1964. It has never been touched. It has the original seating. We have tried to maintain it to keep it safe, but it does not meet current national building and safety codes. We're looking to put in a new theatre pavilion insi

Canadian Heritage committee  We have several initiatives for exploiting Canada to the world, which we need to do to increase our tourism numbers in all provinces and territories of the country. There is a new musical that we will develop. It will tour internationally. It will be of a calibre that other count

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much. Yes, we've been very successful with private sponsorship and private donors for the centre. We have a vast membership program that raises almost $1 million a year for our operating budget. And we put on special events. For example, two weeks ago I hosted an

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll mention a couple of things quickly about how to raise funds in a small jurisdiction. I'll talk about our art gallery for a second. A minute ago I talked about a gala dinner on our main stage, if it's a theatre. If it's an art gallery or a museum, one of the things we've lear

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much. As I explained in my presentation, we are celebrating 2014 because it was the first meeting of the Fathers of Confederation in Charlottetown, and we have many celebrations planned for that year. There is a not-for-profit corporation that has been set up cal

Canadian Heritage committee  May I compliment John McAvity on his idea about the train? I was personally on the discovery train of 1979 and 1980 that travelled for those two years to 120 cities and towns across the country. In Newfoundland we actually had to put the train on a ship and sail it around the i

Official Languages committee  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak to you today. I wish to thank this important committee for inviting me to speak to you about the 150th anniversary of our great country. As a living memorial to the Fathers of Confederation loca

Official Languages committee  May I comment? The Confederation Centre of the Arts is a national organization with a national mandate. We have relationships and networks in every province and territory in the country. Most of the provinces and territories contribute financially to the organization, along with

Official Languages committee  In 2017?

Official Languages committee  We're celebrating Canada, as a nation.

Official Languages committee  And our heritage, our history, our people, our culture—

Official Languages committee  Absolutely, I know that.