Thank you, Madam Chair, and I'd like to extend my thanks to all of you for appearing before this committee.
Just by way of observation to your point and your questions, Miss Tolley, the fact that this country even has a Standing Committee on the Status of Women--that we still require such a committee--says a lot. When you add the racism to it, you have a recipe for disaster. I just wanted to get that off my chest.
Any one of you can answer. This might be a question for Miss Fontaine, because you're involved with the provincial government in Manitoba. It appears to me that provincially and federally we can always use more money for resources. We'd always like more money for programs, but we're not even close to utilizing it properly. We are operating in this country in silos: this is provincial; that is federal. We're trying to take an issue and twist it like a pretzel to fit into programs being developed provincially and federally that really have no bearing and will not help any part of reality. Would that be a fair statement?
Also, without consultation with the stakeholders--in this case the aboriginal community--programs are developed that may or may not have any type of successful outcome.
I leave it to you. Just jump in.