Canadian Heritage committee  Calgary is in a tougher position than Edmonton, because Edmonton's tripled its arts funding—

Canadian Heritage committee  —in the last 10 years, and that hasn't been the case for Calgary city council. You made a very clear case for the Alberta piece. I want to go to the Yukon with whatever time I have left. Do you think there's a need for any sort of regional balance for what we're talking about, C

Canadian Heritage committee  When was the last time somebody travelled to Yellowknife or the Northwest Territories, to meet with you in person?

Canadian Heritage committee  How accessible are they by phone or email?

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm out of time. Maybe I'll get back to that in a future round.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thanks very much. I'll start with Mr. Théberge and Ms. Morin. Mr. Théberge, do you think that the francophone communities outside Quebec could benefit from a readjustment that would reflect the proportion of the population in general or the proportion of the French-speaking pop

Canadian Heritage committee  Joëlle Préfontaine from the UniThéâtre said the same thing. There's a very large francophone component in Western Canada, including a Franco-Albertan component and a Franco-Saskatchewanian component. I'm going to go to Calgary, because I have only about three and a half minutes

Canadian Heritage committee  Did it happen?

Canadian Heritage committee  How many times—five, three, two, 10?

Canadian Heritage committee  That was in how many years?

Canadian Heritage committee  You said that no system is perfect, but what would you say to a system that had more regional balance in it? We've heard the statistics. As Albertans, we're 12% of the population, we're 8% of the artists, we're 5% of the jurors and we get about 5% of funds. Should the CCA be dir

Canadian Heritage committee  I have a point of order, Madam Chair. I think the motion is out of order.

Canadian Heritage committee  Okay.

Canadian Heritage committee  What was your reaction to Mr. Brault's stating on the record and on television that he will come to Edmonton and participate in a round table that I am happy to moderate?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you both very much.