We are working very closely with other departments, particularly Canadian Heritage and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. We have committees that work together. We will often share part of the research. Some research has previously been conducted in partnership with those departments.
I would say that our research is based on two different sectors. Some research is designed to equip the communities, and the purpose of other studies is to conduct socio-economic analyses, including the ones we have previously discussed.
For example, we conducted the Business Vitality Index project with the CEDECs. It was a project designed to help the communities measure economic development and entrepreneurship gaps and opportunities. We gave the CEDECs funding to develop the tool, to train people to apply the tool, and we applied it in certain communities—I think it was Témiscaming and Campbell's Bay.
We conduct various types of research, and we share results with our federal and community partners. We work with both groups to determine the research plan.