Those are very fair comments, Ms. Brown. We spend a lot of time thinking about what positions to bring forward here. There's no doubt about it; there's a lot of upset in the sector about these public policy and funding changes.
On the other hand, I think all of us who are engaged in our communities—and I think everyone around the table is, from hockey to libraries, and so on—have to focus on how best to move forward and what our ways of serving this community are in order to make sure it remains viable, because it is vulnerable. As somebody indicated, we look around the world and see governments changing, and these sectors largely disappearing.
So we're really asking for three positive things. It's really one and three activities within that bundle. Let's have a partnership with government—with the federal government, which can even endure changes in government—that addresses how we will finance and work with this sector, and what kind of partnership is in place. Let's look at some investment funding. Grants and contributions over the last 10 to 12 years have been reduced to the point where they cost organizations almost more to comply with and apply for than their benefit. Let's look at some longer-term investment instruments.