Absolutely not. I am completely against fee-for-service services, to tell you the truth. I developed a program many years ago because of people in our community not being able to access services, just for that reason.
Our programs are funded by the federal government. We're a very collaborative organization. We believe strongly that programs, especially programs funded by the federal government, should be expandable programs that are shared across all organizations in Canada. There is too much of a silo effect out there whereby programs are developed and then an ownership issue arises: “This is my program”, and yada, yada, yada.
That hurts people. We have to make programs more available across Canada, to all organizations. That's something we do very well.
I can't say enough about the leadership circle and the networking that goes on within it. I'm having a meeting on Friday with another organization. There will probably end up being a new program in Canada for PTSD and for families. That's a direct result of the collaborative nature that this whole organization has. That's the way we have to move forward.
We've developed a PTSD program for the Canadian Bar Association for lawyers. It's been taken by more than 2,000 lawyers so far. We've developed programs with the Canadian Nurses Association for anti-stigma in hospitals, because we found that health care providers are, amongst others, one of the most stigmatizing associations around in terms of recognizing people who come into emergency rooms with potential mental health issues. They are triaged lower, there's a lot of hesitation to even recognize that there is a mental health issue, and many people have lost their lives because of this.
I'm sorry to make it a long answer.
We work with all organizations across Canada. We're fire-starters. We like taking projects, starting them, and then sharing them across Canada. We've been working with Public Safety over the last 18 months. Right now we have a proposal in front of the federal government for a national PTSD action plan. We're hoping that it gets a good look. It's a collaborative approach to doing this.
We are a meat-and-potatoes kind of organization. We like doing things, with the funds that are provided to us, that are going to make an impact on the family unit at the home.