Thank you, Mr. Chair.
First of all, I can tell you that I'm in favour of operating funding rather than project funding. In the previous government, I tried, unsuccessfully, to influence my colleagues in that direction. However, I am still convinced that that's the best approach.
I also agree on the subject of multi-year funding, and we've previously tried to do that. I'm somewhat surprised to hear that this is not the case under the Canada-community agreements, because they're multi-year agreements. Management of the agreement currently falls to the AFO, if I'm not mistaken. It is up to that organization to move toward multi-year funding. This capability exists within the community itself, and it is up to the community to ensure that's done. I don't believe the governments are preventing multi-year funding. Tell me if I'm wrong, because I think that can be corrected, if that's the case.
Mr. Bélanger, at the start of your presentation, you made a statement that raised an eyebrow for me. You said that the federal government was preparing a kind of downloading of services to the provinces.