Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, 40 years.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would not agree with that. There's the willingness and the desire to do it. What there may be is a problem with environmental controls at some of those very small museums, and that would be a legitimate reason, because we have to be very concerned about temperature, light, humi

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. The other point I'd like to make is that today we're spending a lot of time talking about history, but I think a lot of people are coming at it from the point of view of putting a capital-H on “History”, and local museums, as you've mentioned, are using small-h history, wit

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for your question, Ms. Boutin-Sweet. It's very good coming from you, because you worked in a museum, in Pointe-à-Callière in Montreal, so you know our field. In terms of the funding question and the $25 million, it certainly would be nice, but I would point out to yo

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not sure what the mandate is. I see what the purpose is, but I don't see a paragraph here that specifically says “mandate”, so the terminology being used is.... I assume we're talking about the clause that says “purpose”, because then that is reinforced in the paragraphs unde

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. In the interests of time and temperature, I will try to be under the five-minute line. We are very pleased to be here. I'm John McAvity, the executive director of the association. We have approximately 2,000 not-for-profit museums and galleries all across

Finance committee  Actually, they're public programs. They're not new programs. They've been in existence for a number of years, and they are available to all Canadians. They're open and accessible. That, to us, is a very important asset. Our concern is simply in the transfer to the Museum of His

Finance committee  First of all, we were not consulted on or aware of the transfer of two very major programs to the Museum of History. We have all the faith in the world in the Museum of History. It's a very well run organization. The question is what does “complementary to” mean? We're arguing

Finance committee  Actually, we previously recommended to this committee that additional funds be put into internship programs. We operate on behalf of the Government of Canada what is called Young Canada Works. It is so oversubscribed and it is so important to developing skills by younger Canadian

Finance committee  There is insufficient funding to meet the demands of the program.

Finance committee  The Government of Canada has.

Finance committee  No, it still does. It has been consistently funded. We have started going out actively to the private sector and bringing in some corporate and private money to help with internships. That's a major challenge for us, but at least we're showing entrepreneurship in doing that. The

Finance committee  Ninety per cent of internships are. Yes.

Finance committee  Hello, Mr. Chair. My name is John McAvity and I am the executive director of the Canadian Museums Association. I am joined this morning by Mr. Bob Laidler. He is a volunteer, one of 115,000 volunteers who work in the museum sector. Museums are one of the most important valuab

Finance committee  On Tuesday of this week, your colleagues on the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage released a long-awaited report on the state of Canadian museums. It took two years to complete, and contains 15 significant recommendations to move forward and address the issues of the museum