A lot of work in the health area is delivered in communities. Services to immigrants are largely delivered through not-for-profit organizations. One of the things we're finding in Alberta is the growing awareness of the human resource challenge and, as Mr. Alvarez mentioned, the federal government's initiative to increase immigration. Many other sectors of the economy are now looking at and identifying the need for community-based services to help integrate and settle new immigrants to our communities, or the work they do in communities, just to make them attractive environments to be able to attract new populations to meet the needs of other sectors. It's for the government itself to take a more holistic view as to how it works with charities and not-for-profit organizations across the country.
On December 4th, 2007. See this statement in context.