Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
First of all, I want to apologize for any suggestion that many of us in this committee did not believe your word when asked what the worst thing was that you were told by the government. You said you were told that they didn't care. I would like you to know that many of us accept your word.
Secondly, when a department or a federal institution is audited and it's shown that it isn't doing its job appropriately or that there are administrative problems, the Auditor General in many instances allows that department or that institution to fix it, to carry on, and gives them a first chance. That's the first thing that is usual procedure.
Thirdly, given that universities cannot exist without core funding and that most or all universities get core funding from provinces, but that you, because of your uniqueness, are the only university which the federal government has a fiduciary responsibility to fund, then obviously you would close if that funding did not occur.
My question, therefore, is this. Given those processes, given the ability to give people a chance to set a plan of action, and given that the University of Regina has agreed to partner with you on administration, have you had any sort of response from the federal government that shows and understands...? Has it moved forward in any way to help your university continue to provide the unique services that it does?