Currently we are not and the sector is not consulted in the area of funding or federal-provincial immigration agreements. These are all technical things that happen between the two departments, federal and provincial.
However, I believe there is a role for community groups and for groups such as ours, who have the expertise and knowledge in certain areas, to be included in that or at least to be considered. Some of the issues we raised here and have talked about are critical issues to settlement in Canada and how, as Fariborz was saying, we use our human capital we are bringing here through immigrants to Canada and how we capture that more effectively through better outcomes and also through national standards and better programs and services, that kind of thing.
I don't believe that is happening. I think if these agreements were more centred around client outcomes and in gathering the necessary expertise to be at the table to negotiate these agreements, that would be an important first step.