Actually, the majority of organizations work well.
As you know, our funding has not gone up in years. We have the same pie for the same number of organizations, but sometimes we must share it with emerging organizations. As a result, the pieces of the pie are getting smaller while the amount of work is going up.
Unfortunately, some organizations or interest groups have got it into their heads that they should make sure they have their own budget. However, the goal is not to ensure that everyone has their own budget, but rather that, at the end of the day, all the work the organizations do meets the needs of the people in our communities. Let's not protect our budget or our courses at all costs.
As I said earlier, the roadmap anticipates an investment of $100 million over five years in economic development. However, the government must make sure it specifies what results it expects before it distributes the $100 million. It is important to specify that everyone is expected to work together to achieve x, y or z results in terms of employability, for instance, or when young people, seniors and women need to be integrated into the labour market, to combat the rural exodus, to create companies and to encourage entrepreneurship.
Right now, we don't have any of that. At the end of the day, it is your money, our money that we are getting. Will this money be used to develop 35,000 strategies without doing anything tangible? Our communities really need economic development. Let's work on it. However, let's first make sure that, when all is said and done, the money distributed will be used for the desired outcome.