Yes. I would offer this notion. Right now, for example, I think the FCAC is working on a strategy to share with the leader once the leader is in place. I'm not sure that any of the organizations here have been involved in consultation regarding the development of that strategy.
My key message is that for effective leadership in this on a national level we need to reach out to all the players who are involved and to be collaborative, to draw upon that. We don't need direction; we need a catalyst to work together. Also, we don't need competition. We need somebody to work with us. We need leadership that reaches out, involves, and draws on the expertise and the experience that has been around for years and decades.
I can see that the bill deals with the leader as the first step. It's the first step and an important step. We have supported the task force. We did research for the task force, and the recommendations of the task force I believe are valid. If it's a starting point.... The field would I think support me in saying that it has been a slow start. It's almost a year and a half since the task force report came down. We would like to see things move along more quickly, because I think collectively we saw real momentum in this field. Because this was a priority, we saw partners coming on board who had never come on board before.
We're concerned about a possible diminishment of momentum if we can't reinvigorate it, because the federal government plays a key role in generating that kind of national attention and initiative. That supports all our organizations in that regard. If it's a first step to other steps that would follow, and if we can be more involved in the development of what could be a true leadership strategy, I think that as organizations here we would be active and willing players.