Thank you.
It's probably one of the most crucial questions. The silos are coming not only from the government, but the silos, unfortunately, are also coming from research organizations, from service organizations, from any sector that you take, from particular sectors that develop and deliver the service, such as education, employment, housing, etc.
There are a number of mechanisms that could be used. The UN convention could be used as one of the mechanisms because the UN convention requires that people be consulted, but be consulted to ensure that they are informed and they are able to contribute to the decisions. Article 32(b) of the UN convention talks about the fact that it is government's responsibility to build the capacity of the community organizations to deliver the outcomes that are required. If the government will not perform their responsibility to ensure that there is constant capacity building at the provincial level, it will be very difficult to require this. This is one thing.
The second one is interprovincial dialogue. We would be able at least not to compare oranges and apples, but to use the same strategies, the same approach. One particular concept I can put on the table, and actually a few months ago it was recognized by the UN as a best practice model, is the liveable inclusive community as a conceptual model. We could look again at the way we plan and implement initiatives in Canada, look at the two domains, public and private, look at all sectors, but to use this framework of inclusion, access, and participation with a series of strategies. This could be another tool. Again, if all the people who will be implementing had this knowledge.... We have to start to look at the competence of the people who are responsible for implementation. Competence comes with practice but also with responsibility.