Your question was telling and a bit concerning, although I like the area that we're talking about.
We are always concerned about the relationship between the federal government and the provinces—not that we have an issue with that, but we want to ensure that our relationship with the federal government directly is maintained. As you can probably appreciate, with ten provinces and three territories, there are all sorts of problems that can arise if what the federal government is looking to do in terms of helping municipalities has to be ferreted or vetted through provincial or territorial governments.
What we've tried to do is create that direct link so that the needs of municipalities—which, with all due respect to provincial governments and territorial governments, are best represented by municipal governments—can be directly heard by the federal government from municipal governments. So we are very pleased with the attention we've been getting from the federal government. Minister Cannon and Minister Flaherty have been open to receiving us. We've prepared innumerable suggestion papers and policy platforms, so we just want to ensure that this relationship remains strong and clear.