Government Operations committee  Good morning. Mr. Chair and honourable members of the committee, I am pleased to join you today to assist in your study and consideration of expenses related to the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General for the representation activities abroad. My name is Melanie Kwon

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question about the vision and the events that are shaping what that might look like. Are you asking about the vision with respect to the national day?

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the clarification. The thinking is that, with this increased attention right now, we will be able to amplify the first official day this September 30. In terms of the vision, it was a very tragic event that has raised all of this attention. It's actually going to b

Canadian Heritage committee  I'm afraid I would be repeating just that, the initial consultation to ensure we're taking all of the considerations into account.

Canadian Heritage committee  I might start. There was a lot of information there, and I hope I can touch on most of the pieces, Mr. Shields. I'm glad you mentioned your experiences, because, again, perhaps using this example from the funding that Canadian Heritage has been able to provide, just exactly....

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question. As the specific mandate falls to my colleague Ms. McCarthy, I'd ask her to answer your question.

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll answer the question, if I may. That's the way to move forward. As I mentioned, we have the experience of these 200 projects across the country. The goal is to learn what works well and what can be improved, and to determine the demands and needs. In response to the questio

Canadian Heritage committee  I wonder whether the response to the question was in fact related to this project. If I may, I would like to provide a small update on call to action 81, which calls for a monument. Obviously, we would like to continue working on this project. We've already had discussions with

Canadian Heritage committee  Sure. In terms of education for the national day, we look forward to the first opportunity this year, now that we have the confirmation of the statutory holiday, to work with organizations nationally but also to engage to see where we can all work together on this important day

Canadian Heritage committee  If it's all right, just because of the connection issues, maybe I'll start and then Emmanuelle can add to it, if she wants. What the $2.4 million offers is the ongoing funding that we're very happy to know will exist in that we will be able to continue [Technical difficulty—Edi

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members. I would just like to mention that my colleague Emmanuelle is having some connection difficulties, so I'll be speaking on her behalf to begin the remarks. Dear members of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. I'm pleased to be