Not all the agreements with the CDECs will be renewed. In Montreal, there were three partners: the City of Montreal, the Government of Quebec and the CED. The Government of Quebec was mainly handling employability, and the City of Montreal, entrepreneurship. As for us, we act as a type of link in the community, but in line with the other two levels. The City of Montreal was primarily at the forefront.
Last November, the city completely changed its methods and its actions. It created the organization called PME MTL, which is made up of six large organizations from all over Montreal. It then stopped funding the CDECs. The Government of Quebec partnered with PME MTL. Based on the proposals that we will be receiving from the city or the government, we will continue to support all companies in Montreal.
Quebec City, Trois-Rivières and Sherbrooke also had agreements. In those three cases, the other two levels, the municipal and provincial, have continued with the same kinds of activities. Since the same issues were at stake and the same partners had decided to stay, we decided to stay with those three cities for another three years.