All right. Mr. Chairperson, I hope that you will at least ensure that we treat our witnesses with respect from here on in.
Michel and Mark, you've made excellent presentations on the need for cooperative development and worker co-ops. I think your recommendations are a bit out of date, at least in the written documents, because of the fact that this government actually did cut--eliminate--the whole social economy initiative, which means we're starting from square one. We also know that CDI runs out in 2007 and we need to figure out how to convince this government to carry on with that program, even in the face of its callous, meanspirited cutbacks on the social economy side.
What is your advice for us to try to get back this very important initiative for creating jobs and building communities?