Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm very interested in this. I'm a northerner as well. I've lived in northern Alberta my entire life, or pretty much, anyway.
One of the major complaints I've heard in my communities, which are mostly smaller communities, except for Fort McMurray, is that when they are applying for funds, it is very difficult to understand what people need. They can't hire a full-time person to fill out applications for federal government funding.
I see you nodding your head, so you understand that this is a common complaint.
Clearly, by changing the act to be more specific, I would suggest that there's going to be more certainty, less spinning of wheels, and indeed more effort put into things that will actually see a concrete and positive result. Would that be fair to say about applications in particular?