Very briefly, I'm trying to get a better understanding
of the Regroupement des organismes canado-haïtiens pour le développement.
I'm trying to get an understanding of whether we're talking here about separate NGOs that have grouped together under an umbrella, and whether there is a governance structure for those organizations that is Haitian-based, or whether there is a Canadian basis for that structure. That's my first question.
Rather than maybe spending a lot of time of the committee, if you had some background information you might provide us with that, so we can get a sense of both the scope of the projects and the size of the projects, the numbers of people employed, and so on. I'm interested in trying to understand as well what the profile is in terms of Haitians in the diaspora here in Canada involved in this enterprise and who have returned, or are in the process of returning, versus Haitians who haven't left the country.
That leads me to a related question. You hear a lot of talk about the importance of assistance from the diaspora. I'm wondering if you can give us some understanding of whether there are any tensions around that, whether there is any sense in which people who have left the country—perhaps during some of these very difficult times—and had an opportunity to develop businesses, or pursue education, or whatever, are now in the position of being encouraged to come back to assume possibly leadership positions in educational institutions, in various enterprises, whether they're non-governmental or business-related. And I want to know whether this is a source of any frictions and tensions or whether there is really quite a welcoming and congenial kind of partnership that surrounds the kinds of projects you're both describing.