Now I understand better.
One of the challenges that we have, given the CORCAN structure, is the issue of funding. In order for us to expand or sustain less viable activities, we have to generate enough revenue through CORCAN, through the sales of the goods that we're producing. That has become more challenging and more difficult in the last number of years, given the fact that one of the places that we sell to is other governments, so their reduction in budgets means they buy less, which means we generate less revenues, which means we have to make some decisions about what kinds of activities we're able to sustain going forward to make sure that they're viable. One of the things that we've looked at, and one of the things that this committee may want to consider discussing, is whether CORCAN is given the first right of refusal for any purchases by government of the kinds of things that we produce. Right now, government departments are not obligated to come to us, for example, to buy office furniture. Our office furniture is of high quality; it meets all the standards and lasts a long time—I can do a sales pitch here if you want...a 10-year warranty. Right now, federal government departments—I'll just talk about federal government departments—are not obligated to come to us first before they buy any furniture or any other goods.
If we are able to get that kind of sustainability and a better guarantee in terms of the kinds of revenues going forward in future years, then we're able to look at other kinds of programs—expand them and sustain some of the smaller ones. Otherwise, unfortunately, we have to now make business decisions within a correctional environment.