Canadian Heritage committee  I wish that were the case. However, I can say that the networks and museums are not big risk takers. Museums do not come forward as strongly as that. I think this actually is a statement of who we are. You are right that museums are doing cultural mediation, and that's what devel

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you.

Canadian Heritage committee  The costs are increasing and we are doing more with far less. We are very creative and you have to see it. All museums are.

Canadian Heritage committee  The Montreal Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization has been around for a very long time and has actually put in place a pooling system. Unfortunately, we are not part of it. However, it was a very collegial project that brought a great deal of people together. In the past,

Canadian Heritage committee  The amounts are not going up, which means that there is a decrease to some extent. More and more groups are submitting projects and are trying to obtain funding. That's the way things are playing out. The grant from the ministry of culture to museums has not gone up in a number o

Canadian Heritage committee  Is it a state museum?

Canadian Heritage committee  They are museums of mediation.

Canadian Heritage committee  When I talked about recognizing museums, we have been experiencing something special not only in Montreal, but in Quebec. In Montreal, there are about 40 museums. There are 400 in Quebec, and perhaps 2,000 in Canada. Montreal could position itself as a city for museum tourism. We

Canadian Heritage committee  That's the case. Exactly.

Canadian Heritage committee  The Grand Costumier is a completely different ball game. Also, they have just hired a director and they're involved in their own moving project. In that vein, I was on the board of directors of the Centre national du costume, a large costume collection in Montreal created by Fran

Canadian Heritage committee  Indeed. The museum is 37 years old. It was located in Saint-Lambert, in a very small historic building. Nevertheless, many large exhibits were held there. The collections were put together with the help of donations. In 2005, the management at the time agreed the collection was

Canadian Heritage committee  It's called political will.

Canadian Heritage committee  We submitted a proposal for a Canada-wide virtual exhibit project with the theme of 150 years of fashion in Canada. We submitted it twice, but, unfortunately, the project was not accepted. At the Fashion Museum, we are very interested in forging many links across Canada based on

Canadian Heritage committee  And promotes it abroad as well.

Canadian Heritage committee  Of course, we know each other. It's a network.