having regard to Articles 4, 22 and 119 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of China, which provide for, respectively, governmental assistance in the cultural development of regions inhabited by minority nationalities, state protection of valuable cultural monuments and relics, and the protection of the cultural legacy of the nationalities,

Before signature, the agreements in respect of objectives and means and any riders to these agreements are forwarded to the Cultural Affairs and Finance Committees of the National Assembly and the Senate and to the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel.

Its board of directors consists of the chairman and 14 members, whose term of office is 5 years, i.e. two Members of Parliament designated by the Cultural Affairs Committees of the National Assembly and the Senate respectively, five representatives of the State, five prominent persons appointed by the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel and two staff representatives.

Furthermore, an annual report on the performance of the agreement in respect of objectives and means of France Télévisions is presented by its Chairman before the Cultural Affairs and Finance Committees of the National Assembly and the Senate.

(6) Whereas cultural development, the quality of the natural and the man-made environment, the qualitative and cultural dimension of life and the development of tourism contribute to making regions economically and socially more attractive in so far as they encourage the creation of sustainable employment;

It would create a department where the minister would have the following powers, duties and functions, under clause 5: -initiate, recommend, coordinate, implement (and promote) national policies, projects and programs with respect to Canadian identity and values, cultural development, heritage- Madam Speaker, through you, I draw the attention of members of this House to the fact that the adjective ``Canadian'' refers to the following four items in the list I just read, so it should be taken to read as follows: ``In exercising the powers and performing the duties and functions (assigned to the minister by section 4), ...[+++]the minister shall initiate, recommend, coordinate, implement (and promote) national policies, projects and programs with respect to Canadian identity, Canadian values, Canadian cultural development and Canadian heritage'' (1225) Accordingly, you will not be at all surprised to learn that the Bloc Quebecois cannot support such a bill, for many reasons, but mainly these.