For example, using the
bank mergers issue, when something like that comes along, is it the Department of Finance coming to the rural secretariat and saying, we have this before us and we would like to know from you what impact
that might have on rural Canada, or does it work the other way,
that you're sitting there in your office—and I don't put this in a demeaning sense—and you hear about Paul Martin having to deal with the proposed bank mergers and you're saying, gee,
that might have a big impact on rura
l Canada, so we had ...[+++]better find out from rural Canada how they feel about it and how they feel the impact might come down on them?