That's a really important point you've raised. As Mr. Brown said,
we're “consistently inconsistent”.
I think that if there is one community that is not like that, it is civil society organizations. Take the Quebec organizations that have long-standing partnerships with other organizations in Africa, in the francophonie, for example, for francophones in the east and west. I think that's really important.
We need a strategy. We have talked with representatives from other countries who are really invested in relations with the African continent. I think that NGOs, like the organization you mentioned, have really good long-term relationships. For me, that's very important.
That's the work we do at Cooperation Canada. We seek to develop relationships with Global Affairs Canada to ensure that small and large organizations can not only access government funding, but also have access to other partnerships. It's very important to note that NGOs have partnerships and relationships with other entities, not just the government.
I think that if we want to invest in our long-term relationships with Africa, it really has to be through NGOs, which play a very important role for us as a country.