With respect to Saskatchewan's economy and future, our province relies to a large degree on resources. That sector has always been cyclical. I lived in a rural community for the first 40 years of my life, and I am familiar with the agricultural cycle. It appears that potash mining and oil drilling are cyclical phenomena with ups and downs. The population of Saskatchewan is used to managing and dealing with those cycles.
As regards the centralization of the economic development agencies and the fact that there is only one minister, from what I know about these matters, we will not be losing the regional agencies that support us. They will not be directly part of the roadmap for our basic funding, but definitely will be for special initiatives in this area. We will continue dealing with those federal agencies in our region. I do not anticipate too much of an effect for the moment, and perhaps I do not know all the details, but I do not think there will be a major impact.
As for the economic future of the official language minority communities, one thing that concerns us is that the funding we receive from our regional agency has not increased in nearly 15 or 16 years, which has reduced our ability to provide services. We want to continue providing the same services and programs across the province because we are a provincial organization.
Does that answer your question?