Finance committee  MAP is project-based, so it's hard to say how it will affect us individually. Obviously, if the amount is cut, the number of projects that are going to be funded will reduce. Because we're a small territory, the amount of money we get already pales in comparison to a lot of the o

Finance committee  Volunteers are definitely a number one source for museums; I don't think museums could exist without volunteers. So to have those programs cut as well is very detrimental to our success. Summer student funding is...I can't stress the importance of that. Museums are often run by v

Finance committee  I'll just add to that. Further to not being consulted...the territorial and provincial museums associations get together probably twice a year to discuss issues such as MAP funding and summer student funding, and we have sent letters to the Minister of Canadian Heritage on both i

Finance committee  The hurtful thing was their coming out and saying they were going to put forward this new museums policy and then the next day coming back and cutting $4.6 million. That's saying that it's a wasteful or inefficient program. So definitely it doesn't show a very good sign of faith,

Finance committee  That's something we've been advocating for, beginning as long-term stable funding. We need to know—it can't be year to year—whether or not we're going to have something. We need something that meets today's needs. We don't want to be at 1972 levels; we need to be at 2006-07 lev

Finance committee  Thank you for inviting us to be here today. I'm going to talk to you about some of the same points that Patricia already made but in more general terms. The Yukon Historical and Museums Association is the umbrella organization for Yukon museums and heritage societies. There ar