I couldn't agree with you more.
To Martin, when you read the papers and hear the Prime Minister talk about how they're going to deal with this big deficit we've run up, you know it's going to fall primarily on the backs of the not-for-profits. Those groups are targeted because many of them receive direct federal transfers. We already know how difficult it is. We've heard about the capacity and the infrastructure and how we continue to maintain that.
I've travelled the country and met with these not-for-profit groups. They're older and they're tired. They're committed and working as hard as they can. They're running out of steam and looking for some leadership in support resources.
One woman in Vancouver works in the downtown east side. She's a worker in the not-for-profit sector and said that she's competing with the poor for the housing stock that's available. That's how bad it is.
So what do we do? There's a tsunami coming for the not-for-profit sector, I believe. So how do we put the skids on that? If we don't, all of this will be for nothing.