I will give you an example of this. As far as we are concerned, the interdepartmental position has been vacant for two years. Furthermore, we've had experiences with other departments which, through the IPOLC or other programs at Canadian Heritage, could have provided greater support to francophone and Acadian communities. We are told that it is too complicated to deal with Canadian Heritage and that they prefer to simply give us money. This leads one to believe that there is something amiss as regards interdepartmental coordination; the department is willing to give double the amount of money rather than heading to Canadian Heritage to negotiate financing for communities.
On May 1st, 2008. See this statement in context.