In this region, RDEE Ontario worked with people from the community to build a slaughterhouse. RDEE Ontario works closely with communities to develop plans which we called Vision plans. Several communities were consulted on that matter, but compare to what happened in Manitoba, there really was no follow up in Ontario, because there was no federal economic development organization at the regional level in Ontario. There is FedNor in the North, but there is no other organization to look after the rest of Ontario. As a result, RDEE Ontario cannot really work directly with business people today. It does not have the authority to do so because of the funding it receives from Human Resources Canada. So that's a problem for us.
A little earlier, there was talk of a framework economic development policy for all communities. There are regions throughout the country. In western Canada, for instance, western economic diversification funds the four RDEE. Agreements were also reached with the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, or ACOA, for Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. These organizations and provinces can therefore work directly with companies, but other provinces, such as Ontario, Newfoundland and the three territories, do not have the right to do so for now.
We are therefore continuing to work with Industry Canada, among others, to bring the department to the table, so that it can find solutions with us. Unless I am mistaken, Industry Canada is responsible for economic development in the rest of Ontario. There is FedNor—