I appreciate that. I certainly share your view that social economy is important. I know that in some countries where I have travelled, like Ireland and Finland, and in Europe in particular, the social economy is growing in importance and scope. But it seems recently that the Treasury Board has frozen the funds that were put in place by the previous government. I believe the Quebec funds are still flowing, but the funds for the rest of the country, which were actually flowing through the regional agencies, are frozen.
I know that in northern Ontario, where we still struggle with a slow economy and a changing economy and have difficulty because of the various forces at play--the high dollar, the price of energy, and so on--the social economy was an important vehicle for us. FedNor was the agency that was going to deliver not only to northern Ontario, but to the whole of Ontario. They were a fair way down the road in actually determining what programs might be funded. There were people out there waiting and ready to go.
Could you let us know what you might do to help unfreeze or get those funds moving again so those agencies, those organizations, can in fact play the role we know they can in stimulating and growing those economies?