Our intention is to expand our range of services for our members, to offer them one or two more opportunities to do something. That is our primary objective. The present period is not an easy one for cégeps and colleges, especially for cégeps. Not a lot of good things are happening these days. Budgets have been very tight in recent years for lack of funding. This kind of project is intended as a way to motivate the teams and individuals who work at the cégeps and colleges.
In our opinion, this is an appropriate project because we have lost a lot of members in recent years as a result of budget cuts. All the colleges outside Quebec have stayed in our network, but we have lost a lot of Quebec members. Colleges and Institutes Canada has lost half its Quebec members. Quebec seems to be turning in on itself.
However, our special project enables us to recruit members. The more members we recruit, the stronger we are and the more interactions we generate between Quebec and the rest of Canada. We have introduced this project in that perspective.