When I comment that, I'm looking at all levels of government. Whether that's federal, provincial or municipal, there's a requirement to contribute to that, especially when you look at some of those rural communities. I'll used the example of Cold Lake again. It's a very rural community in Alberta. There is an expectation that the municipality supports what's happening there, because you do always have to make sure that you have space for your local survivors who may attend.
As far as provincial government goes, in Alberta, the majority of our shelters are funded through the provincial government for about 80% of the work they do. We're always grateful for that funding, but there is a large gap there that needs to be filled by fundraising.
We just did a study with our shelters. As of last week, we're in the tens of millions of dollars that shelters in Alberta need to fundraise in order to operate on a regular basis. Their deficits are growing in between. It's something that we need to look at, at all levels, as well as how you contribute. Again, we're grateful for the funding that comes from the federal government in very different ways because we can use it for different types of things.
Looking at how we can, if the funding isn't available.... I'm an Albertan. I know we're in a deficit, but are there other things that can be done to cut back on some of those costs as opposed to injecting more funds when there isn't an unlimited amount of funds to be put in?
