I'm the critic for ACOA for the NDP and I did a tour of Atlantic Canada. I asked your counterparts this question, and I'm asking you as well.
Something I heard about from ACOA public servants was a concern that with the new structure, with the centralization and the elimination of the ministers of state for the various agencies, there will be a shift in the culture that might be problematic. I'm just reporting to you what I heard. The main concern seems to be that, instead of ACOA determining the needs and making suggestions up to the minister and the department, it might become more focused on implementing programs that would be decided higher up and then come down.
I'm just summarizing and explaining very quickly here, but that seems to exemplify the concerns and the fears. What do you have to say about this? Is this something that you heard on the ground as well? Is it something that has been shared with you?