Canadian Heritage committee  We can follow up.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would also like to say that, for our existing programs, there is always the possibility of adjusting, with the minister's support, the criteria that reflect particular perspectives. We did that for 1812, and we can do it for 2017.

Canadian Heritage committee  My colleagues are the ones who do all the major events in Canada. Whether it's the royal tour last summer or the state funeral recently, they do all of these major events, and they are extremely good at it. As somebody who is fairly new to Heritage, I must pay tribute to the work

Canadian Heritage committee  To start with, we are in a difficult fiscal environment. We have to make sure that money is efficient and effective in everything we do. The money that is in our programs for arts and culture is being spent on arts and culture. It was the case for the Olympics and it will be the

Canadian Heritage committee  I think it's an excellent question. I think the minister spoke about the importance of making sure that what unites us as Canadians, all coming from different perspectives...and what have been the contributions from various people. Whether it's people who were here before the f

Canadian Heritage committee  With the provinces, an initial discussion took place at the federal-provincial-territorial meeting of ministers of culture last year. They brought in a keynote speaker, Mr. Thorsell, former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail, who was actually very much involved in 1967 when he

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. Our experience in working with provinces on many of these commemorations is that they're always prepared to bring their funds to the table as well. Working together, we're able to achieve more. As I said earlier in regard to the example of the War of 1812, there was $28 mi

Canadian Heritage committee  As the minister explained, our programs enable us to commemorate important anniversaries, including those of cities. We are certainly going to consult representatives of the City of Montreal to look at what can be done for the 375th anniversary. It is important that we be able to

Canadian Heritage committee  No, not at all. I simply want to point out that we have $1 billion for general programming. This includes our programs on official languages, on arts and culture, and so on. When there are anniversaries, through this programming and based on the criteria and existing programs, we

Canadian Heritage committee  It is too early to discuss a possible additional envelope for 2017.

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. When we do these kinds of programs, we talk to all our regional development agencies. We talk to all the other federal partners, whether it's Parks Canada.... We talk to all the crown corporations that very often are involved in these things, like the Mint, Canada Pos

Canadian Heritage committee  There is a very good partnership between the regional development agencies, because they appreciate that the content we bring on the cultural side is a major attraction in terms of tourism.

Canadian Heritage committee  With $200 million invested in sport every year, we are the largest contributor to sport in Canada. As the minister said, what it allows us to do with something like the hosting program is to bring in some of the big competitions, whether they are international, whether it's abo

Official Languages committee  Within our agreements with the provinces and territories as well as with community groups, we always have objectives. They have obligations and they must send reports. We receive them regularly. For example, our provincial and territorial agreements have objectives. There are spe

Official Languages committee  I don't have that information with me. I don't know if Hubert has it, but otherwise I would be pleased to send it to you.