As I said before, even the programs that are there to support poor people are all in trouble—all the programs. We are short-staffed. Nobody provides money for programming, like counselling services, within those programs to help the clients we serve. Every one of those programs is running in a massive negative, you see. Even the supports, as soon as they are supposed to be helping the poor, are not doing well. You can sense our sense of urgency on this issue. Everything is crumbling around us and there's nothing we can do.
So it is very timely that you are here. I'm hoping what we see here goes beyond putting things together, into action, because action is what has been lacking all these years, and that's what I know I'm pressing for--action--to relieve some of these things that are going on up north here.