Let me just clarify that ARCA, the Association des radios communautaires en Atlantique, the regional body for the Atlantic region within ARC du Canada, does not include New Brunswick. This province has a sufficient number of community radio stations to have its own regional board, the ARCANB. New Brunswick has its very own association.
Partnerships are occasionally forged between schools and communities, that is between the radio station and the region's community agency. For example, a partnership such as this has been forged on Isle Madame in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
However, the situation is completely different at this time for the Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne in New Brunswick. The level of funding is much lower in the case of these agreements between the schools and the community because the government owns the building. The community organization is allowed to use the premises free of charge and space is very limited. There is no dedicated space for a community radio station. At the Chéticamp station, for instance, space is at a premium. The same is true in Halifax. On Isle Madame, no such agreement with a school has been forged. However, arrangements have been made with a community agency. It isn't a case of the station occupying space free of charge in a government building.