I'll go back to Ms. De Bellefeuille and Mr. Plourde from Option consommateurs.
Our understanding is that you're proposing, in particular, that we provide better support for the most vulnerable, that we ensure markets are competitive and that we ensure there's greater transparency on prices, that consumer goods have an adequate lifespan and that there's no planned obsolescence.
I would also note that you suggested in your prebudget recommendations that we should provide better support for social housing and promote access to ownership initiatives, in particular through collective ownership arrangements such as cooperatives.
I'd like to change direction here, but there will be a connection with your remarks, in which you ultimately showed how important it is to defend the rights of consumers, especially the most vulnerable. That requires a balance between industry and consumers. When you look at what's being done in Europe, there's good support and it's guaranteed. However, I want to discuss a case in which there's been no inflation at all in the past 20 years, and that's the support that the Canadian government provides for consumer associations. In 20 years, there hasn't been a one cent increase in Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada's contributions program for non-profit consumer and voluntary organizations.
So I'd like to hear what you have to say about the importance of better funding for organizations such as yours to ensure a balance between industry and the rights of consumers, particularly the most disadvantaged.