It made a difference for us. We witnessed a change in culture among our public servants. They now consult us more often to find out what is meant by positive measures or if they can do more. For example, we are currently negotiating with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Unfortunately, we are a kind of training ground for this department. We train people so that they can work for that department. We reached an agreement with the department to have a senior official seconded to help us draw up a human resources renewal plan.
We are seeing more open-mindedness among public servants; they want to know how they can help us out. Unfortunately this does not exist in other provinces. It is not necessarily by providing funding but rather by negotiating different training agreements, secondments and so forth that community development can be fostered.