Very simply, I think all of us would say to you that we would like to be treated as if we were partners in any of the work we're doing. One of the things I've been saying ad nauseam for years and years is that we really carry out what you set as your mandate to the government. You say we're going to work on this and this project and then you turn to us and we do the actual work, and it's a hell of a lot of work. We're out there in the community. You don't know the communities, I'm so sorry to say. You know the communities but not the same way that we know the communities. We go out and do the actual work with the communities. So treat us as if we were together on anything rather than as if we're something apart. We're all together in it. I'm a great one for “inclusivity”— Bonnie used that word—and universalizing things. That's what I think we would all agree with. Also, listen to us. Sometimes you feel you're not being heard.
On December 2nd, 2014. See this statement in context.