What often happens is that within a national framework, you don't fit into a category. The conflict arises with federal and provincial agreements when people don't cooperate. The federal government says it's our money, the province says we need it for this reason, and ne'er the two shall meet. Very often, this is what we work with. I think the biggest challenge here is to get them to understand that it's not either one of their moneys; it's collectively getting beyond that.
As a Newfoundlander and Labradorian, I understand that the federal government will put a great deal of money into skills development in this province to train people who move to Alberta. I don't have any issue with that, because I'm part of a federation. What I do have an issue with is when they won't recognize--whether it be Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, the Yukon, or Newfoundland and Labrador--that the need for that cooperation is very different. We've seen in the recent Ontario devolution--the LMDA agreement--the problems that come up through a lack of cooperation. The only people who lose in the end are the communities that are actually trying to address the issue.
If that federal and provincial cooperation does not happen, with total respect for people's individuality in their province, their community, and their region, I think we're all wasting our time. If we're only going to go by a national standard, I can tell you right now that a Bay Street answer doesn't cut it on Water Street in Newfoundland and Labrador.