Si vous souhaitez refermer la porte et refuser de les entendre avant l'achèvement de notre rapport, sachez que, tant dans le communiqué que je publierai aujourd'hui que dans mon rapport dissident, je ferai clairement savoir que nous n'avons pas accepté de recueillir les témoignages du Conseil des arts avant de publier un rapport qui donne une idée trompeuse de l'appui que ce gouvernement accorde aux arts, et plus précisément aux tournées internationales.
Their testimony is paramount to their support being reflective, in any way, of the reality of arts funding in Canada right now. If you want to slam the door and say we don't want to hear them before we come forward with this report, then that will also be reflected in both the release I'll put out today and my dissenting report that we don't want to hear from the Canada Council prior to putting forward a report that misrepresents the reality of this government's support for the arts, and specifically international touring.