Dr. Sheila Cannon:

Senator Ruane brought up a really good point when referring to creating more structures that might be just as discriminating as the old structures. That leads to the idea of policy alignment. If we have a national employment for Travellers policy it must be in alignment with the social enterprise policy because the social enterprise policy does not specifically mention Travellers and it needs to. That will help to address that issue.

There are two different approaches to social enterprise. There are the high fliers who get all these awards. It is very middle class - I think that was what the Senator was referring to - and often very influenced by America. In rural areas local development offices support the creation of social enterprises. There are almost two separate approaches. It is important to understand the different approaches and ensure that these social enterprises are in the interests of Travellers and support them and are not sabotaged by these other approaches to social enterprises.