You're entirely right: it's constant. You know, the organizations in the field are the ones with the biggest problems, whose existence is very precarious. We've been doing this work for 10 or 15 years, since the major government cuts started. We nearly shut down operations in 1998. With a grant of $30,000, we had no more full-time employees and we had to appeal to the community. Fortunately, we were able to gather $14,000 or $15,000, but the time we spend preparing projects so that we can survive, trying to find administrative personnel, the time we spend raising money, isn't time spent working effectively, providing services.
The downloading of provincial government services — the situation Suzanne spoke about — has resulted in a terrible situation because it's a constant struggle, and, ultimately, we wind up operating with organizations that are not that bilingual. We're redoing the work that was previously done when we fought for Bill 8, the Ontario French-Language Services Act; we're restarting the work that was previously done at the provincial level. The former Conservative government of Mr. Harris is the one that gave the municipalities responsibility for many services. I don't know whether the municipalities were able to provide the services, whether they had the funds to do so. The fight is very tough because we're in a minority situation.