First of all, when it was decided that there would be three strategies, we decided at the outset that the consortium would cover the training aspect and we would take on the other two. We share office space and are sister organizations. We have the same ultimate objectives, which are to improve health care services in French.
Moreover, members of our board of directors are on their board, and vice-versa. That is the way we work. There are also permanent structures in the areas of research and human resources. With respect to this issue of recruitment and retention, we decided to create joint committees involving both organizations, since both are affected by this issue.
We work very closely with each other. What is done by one organization helps the other, and vice-versa. That is why I would encourage you to meet with representatives of the consortium as well, since it has a great deal of expertise in its area of concern, which is training.
We become involved once people have finished their training. To deal with retention, training environments and basically anything that will help recruit and retain people, we realized that the two organizations need to work more closely together. The idea is not just to train people. After all, if they take jobs in anglophone institutions afterwards, we will be no further ahead.
Our job is to help people after their training, so that they will be in the right places in our communities.