Veterans Affairs committee  Thank you.

Veterans Affairs committee  We have some fundraising projects under way that are being looked at particularly with regard to the projects we presented this morning--both 1812 and the First World War--and I believe the corporation is on their short list for discussion.

Veterans Affairs committee  We will send you an invitation in the hope that you will be able to attend the opening. What we are trying to do with all these projects is to create smaller exhibits that reflect the main exhibition on display at the Canadian War Museum, and to send them all over the country.

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes.

Veterans Affairs committee  Construction began at that time. Obviously, other conflicts arose afterwards, and those defence installations were later fortified. The fortifications in Quebec were extremely significant and even frightening, if you will, to the British. That is clear from all the historical records.

Veterans Affairs committee  We have an exhibition currently that is with international partners. “War and Medicine” examines 150 years of the relationship between war and medicine. It comes to us from the Wellcome Foundation and the Dresden museum. That exhibition comes to us, it's adapted, and Canadian stories are added to it.

Veterans Affairs committee  Your offer and your interests are noted. I will certainly start to work on something with regard to sending you material and seeing how we can provide you with additional information for your riding.

Veterans Affairs committee  Our client services group and the individuals working with schools across the country, curriculum-based, push out quite a bit of material. We also have group rates for students and discounts for student groups that arrive. All of this is with the idea of facilitating any travel to the museum from outside the region, as well as in the region.

Veterans Affairs committee  The War of 1812 is one of the first battles in which francophones, anglophones and first peoples came together to defend what we now call Canada. Quebec played a pivotal role. As our program shows, we will be looking at the war from the perspective of each of the four central actors.

Veterans Affairs committee  Corporate services include all the financial, contracting, marketing, public affairs, etc. I don't believe that breakdown even exists, because it's shared resources for the two. Project by project, the projects we've discussed with you here today, all of those go into a work planning mode, and funds are allocated based on that.

Veterans Affairs committee  Is that a standing offer? I'd be happy to provide you with much more material to speak to your constituents. We'd be pleased if you could present to your riding, as you see fit, all the wonderful comments that you've made here today. If I can provide you with additional material, please let me know.

Veterans Affairs committee  We would be delighted to have you back for a second visit. You touched on two very important points. We have the good fortune of having veterans assist us in our efforts through Friends of the Canadian War Museum, an organization made up of veterans and citizens. Many of its members are veterans, and they spend hours upon hours in our permanent exhibition galleries sharing their stories, so we can encourage discussion with young students.

Veterans Affairs committee  We have put together a special schedule for the first two weeks of November. On Friday, November 11, we will be offering some very rich programming in both official languages. You mentioned Valcartier. This year, we are lucky enough to be working with the NFB. Just a few days ago, we put the finishing touches on a documentary about Valcartier's Royal 22e Régiment to mark the anniversary, and we will be showing the film to the public.

Veterans Affairs committee  The age demographic has actually quite evened out throughout. We do monitor all of that. We monitor whether they are Canadian citizens who live in the national capital region, or people who come from the outside, or international visitors. What I can tell you is that 75% of our visitors, give or take, are Canadians from outside the national capital region.

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't have that, unfortunately, off the top of my head. I can get back to you with that. I don't have that number.