There is no doubt that in our community there are competent people who want to work for francophone community organizations. The only reason we cannot hire them is because we cannot pay them. These people have the right to work full-time and to lead a normal life. In some cases, we benefit from their expertise when they work for us on a volunteer basis, but the fact remains that without adequate funding, it is almost impossible to benefit from their services on a full-time basis.
As Mr. Grenier said so well, we always have to create new projects. In these conditions, we might turn to people who are in training. In some cases, this involves very competent people, but the fact remains that without stable funding, we cannot pay these people on a regular basis. Consequently, we do not have the best choice. We cannot advance issues or be as effective as we would like to when we do not have any full-time staff. But people are the key to any organization's success.