It is also important to examine the whole issue of governance between regional offices that come under an assistant deputy minister who is different from the assistant deputy minister responsible for national files at the OLSPB, the Official Languages Support Programs Branch.
Moreover, with regard to the fact that everything has to be approved by the minister's office, we know full well that in the past, projects of over one million dollars had to be authorized by the minister, whereas those under one million dollars could be approved by the deputy minister. That is certainly an option that should be considered because it would surely accelerate the process.