Another thing we could learn from Quebec, with regard to this mobilization, is the fact that it recognizes the participation of civil society in social and economic policy development. That is not really the case here. The Common Front for Social Justice of New Brunswick's work is purely volunteer. Our budget is of $5,000 a year. The situation is quite similar for women's groups. We are facing some difficulties at the present time because our advocacy work in no longer funded at the federal level. When it was, that was of tremendous assistance to us, given that in this province, rights advocacy groups obtain no funding. This element has considerably weakened civil society.
On May 12th, 2009. See this statement in context.