Yes, most definitely.
As I indicated, in the U.K., the Blair government initiated the Office of the Third Sector specifically for that reason: they realized there's a lot of talent and innovativeness in the third sector, in the non-profit/for-profit sector, in social enterprise.
We think one of the mandates of the federal government is to take leadership in that area. You look at the United States, you look at the civil rights struggle, you look at all the great gains, the great leaps forward; it was all done by the federal government. If you leave it to the local government, if you leave it to the provinces and the city.... For example, in the city a hundred years ago we had a black councillor, William P. Hubbard. He became a councillor because George Brown—George Brown College—who was an abolitionist, tapped him and backed him, and from 1895 to 1914 he was the acting mayor and councillor of the city. A hundred years later we still have only one black councillor in this city. This city is 50% visible minority, but only 13% of the councillors in the city are a visible minority. So there again....
If you don't have the political clout or the wherewithal, they ignore you, right? They can talk a good game if you want to build a basketball court in the black neighbourhood, no problem, or a hip-hop program after school, no problem; the mayor is there to take the initiative. Great. But when you talk about serious—serious—sustainable economic projects that will create sustainable jobs, they disappear, because again, there's no interest.
So we are counting on the federal government to take leadership in that area. If you leave it to the local establishment, to be honest with you, they don't care. I've been on this project for four years now and I've received the back of the hand of every major institution, political, philanthropic, you name it, in this city over this great idea that can create 2,000 cultural jobs, generate $5 million to $6 million a year, millions in taxes, hire 500 at-risk youth and put them to work. But there again you get the back of the hand and the door slammed in your face. Why? Because you represent a community that is powerless. Election time, yes, they'll come knocking. After that, forget it. We have no voice. We are a voiceless people in this city, and this is a country and a city that we helped build for hundreds of years.
So, yes, we are counting on the federal government to take leadership in that area.