Finance committee  Thank you very much. Cultural tourism--people want to come to museums, art galleries, theatres, etc., have a good bottle of wine, have a very comprehensive experience, and the heritage centre can contribute to that, not only for Saskatchewan but for Canada.

Finance committee  The exhibitions.... This is a very interesting museum model. The collections themselves are owned by the RCMP. They're housed in the heritage centre. You can't sell the artifacts and you can't rotate the exhibits. Again, it would take money for travelling exhibitions. We would lo

Finance committee  Yes, that is correct. So the money we're asking for operating-wise is to enhance our internal resources and allow for that marketing to increase so that we can then plug into the China market, which is a huge tourism market that's on the verge of taking off.

Finance committee  We would like it to be a joint responsibility with all three levels of government. But to answer your question, sir, no, we are not owned or operated by any level of government but are a stand-alone not-for-profit, and the governance is by a board of directors.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. There was a business plan that indicated 200,000 visitors would come to the heritage centre annually. All of Regina is only 200,000. It didn't take into consideration a number of factors, such as the decrease in tourism, and it also didn't take into c

Finance committee  Mr. Chair, ladies and gentlemen of the Standing Committee on Finance, fellow colleagues and presenters, I am Robin Etherington and I have the honour of serving as president and CEO of the RCMP Heritage Centre, Canada's cultural flagship for heritage. The RCMP Heritage Centre was