I’m sorry to interrupt you, but I don’t have a lot of time left.
I'm the NDP critic for ACOA. I can tell you that officials have approached us saying they were afraid that the message would be diluted in a centralized structure. They also fear that, instead of sending the information on local needs to the decision-makers, ACOA would become an agency responsible for locally implementing the programs that have been determined at the top.
Could you comment on these concerns expressed by some of the Atlantic region officials?