Thank you very much.
Thanks for coming this morning.
Katherine, I'm interested in what you're seeing. You're the professional here, the researcher. We've had cities--33 of them on the list from Census Watch--and provinces indicating their concern with this decision. We have social planning councils, townships...a lot of them have indicated concern.
Ultimately the federal government transfers money; the provinces and municipalities have to deliver the programs. They're getting less money. Particularly now, as they look at the deficit we've run up because of the recession, there will be less money. They have to be very careful where they spend that money, so they need good data.
In your work, I know there have been cutbacks to some of the organizations that collect that data. Where is it at? What are the stress levels? Are you going to be able to deliver?