Canadian Heritage committee  It's in collaboration with them.

Canadian Heritage committee  Are you saying that you prefer that I tell them what to do?

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, I'm sorry. I don't.

Canadian Heritage committee  There will be mechanisms, and those mechanisms I discuss with the different groups. There will be stable and long-term funding. There will be mechanisms for the three different groups, but on the ground what is done will be decided by the different communities. Why? Their needs i

Canadian Heritage committee  We have exactly the same objective.

Canadian Heritage committee  However, we are. We're going to the same place.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. The last time I spoke with them was in New York, three weeks ago, face to face.

Canadian Heritage committee  I really hope you do.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes. As I have said from the outside, this is a baseline, but it is a very solid baseline that can be amended as the committee deems fit. However, the baseline is taking us somewhere. It responds to the Commission’s Calls to Action numbers 13, 14 and 15. It moves forward on the U

Canadian Heritage committee  We will see about that as the discussions continue. Clearly, the quicker the bill is passed, the quicker you will have a specific answer to your question. As you know, specific amounts of money are not mentioned in bills.

Canadian Heritage committee  That is another program. You are right in saying that a program is underway. It involves $90 million over three years to revitalize indigenous languages. That is while we are waiting. The legislative measures we are talking about here, however, go much further and will have trans

Canadian Heritage committee  There will be additional amounts, but the bill first has to be passed and discussions have to continue. The bill actually gives us no choice. It tells us in writing that we have to provide stable, adequate, sustainable and long-term funding. Clearly, there will be additional fun

Canadian Heritage committee  That is how bills are made. It is very rare for a bill to specify precisely the costs involved. There are mechanisms. In addition, you asked me if I was open to the idea of amending the bill. If I say yes and we pass an amendment, what will that amendment represent financially?

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, it comes with obligations, and that's what we want.