Government Operations committee  That increase concerns the museum's operating budget. I believe that those people were building a new wing, which is now operational, and that this concerns operating expenses for that wing. Is that correct, René?

Government Operations committee  Mr. Chair, first of all, I have had the chance to visit the museum during the construction, and I would echo what you've said. The location itself and the look of it are fantastic.

Government Operations committee  On your second point, I would say that we're talking about a funding profile. The reason the funding was higher is that construction was at full steam, and the $100 million contribution of the Government of Canada was going in large installments. Now we've reached our $100 milli

Government Operations committee  First, I'll make a point of clarification. The fact that numbers go up and down through estimates does not necessarily mean that there has been a cut. It can be just a variation in when funding happens. That's the case for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, as I explained in t

Government Operations committee  No, the money we are spending on the War of 1812 came through Budget 2011. I think it was the year before. It came from a previous budget. This is not money that has been reallocated. Now, when we do commemorations like this one, yes, sometimes we try to leverage some of our ex

Government Operations committee  There is nothing in the 2012 main estimates concerning the Pan American Games, but there are votes in the supplementary estimates related to the fact that we are in the process of preparing for the Pan American Games. Sports funding remains the same. The deficit reduction action

Government Operations committee  No.

Government Operations committee  For archives, yes.

Government Operations committee  You mean internally?

Government Operations committee  That's why modernization and transformation is so important. We would like to be able to give easier access online to our clients and be able to process grants and contributions much faster than we are right now. We are still operating what I would call a system from the previous

Government Operations committee  As we have said before, the cuts, the reductions that are referred to in the context of Library and Archives, come from the deficit reduction action plan, to which most federal organizations and departments have contributed. They have also come from some internal reorganization.

Government Operations committee  It is not a directorate, but rather a hosting program. There are various types of hosting. There are the major events such as the Olympic Games and Pan American Games. As you know, we will be hosting the FIFA Women's World Cup in a few years. There are also intermediate and local

Government Operations committee  We have formed a secretariat. Mr. Hertzog, do you know the number of people?

Government Operations committee  Most of the funding was still coming from the government, yes.

Government Operations committee  Budget 2012 is basically proposing to double the contingent liability insurance for travelling exhibits, and it's in Bill C-38. This would allow the possibility to cover in a self-insurance way, like contingent liability, a lot more big and smaller exhibits throughout various mus