Yes, absolutely.
These agreements raise the issue of matching funds. Provinces have to match the investment made by the federal government.
What I would like to see is for all provincial organizations or departments to match the federal investment with an infrastructure equivalent. Take the Cité universitaire francophone in Regina, for example. The government could say, “Here, we are not giving you any money, but the building you are currently using is now yours.” The Franco-Saskatchewanian community could then add value to the infrastructure it is using.
I am essentially suggesting that the matching investment be made with infrastructure first, and then with funding. The Franco-Saskatchewanian community could attest that it owns and benefits from dozens of millions of dollars—I am making up a number—worth of infrastructure. We could provide equivalent amounts to what the province would invest as infrastructure. Why not give us an amount equivalent to our share?