Thank you.
I've said this on other occasions with other witnesses. I have served in the federal government before, and one of the frustrations we have is trying to direct the provinces on direct funding from the federal government. We tend to get push-back saying, “You cannot tell us how to spend the money. Give us the money. This is completely our jurisdiction as to how we spend it.”
Would you be in favour of policies that would direct funding to the provinces? That is, we will give provinces funding for more positions, but the provinces will be obligated to use that money to create those positions.