Thank you, and thank you to our witness. It's good to see you again.
In the past couple of years we have seen a shift with the government. As you well know, since the Mulroney government there had been financing and support of about $10 million for democratic development and promotion of human rights. That was Rights and Democracy, which of course no longer exists and the funding for Rights and Democracy went back into general revenues.
Since that time your office was created with a budget of $5 million, and you did walk us through some of the things you have been doing.
I want to get a better handle, because we've had this shift to your office from this institute that was funded. I'm not suggesting that in any way, shape, or form they are equal, but certainly when we look at how we're projecting human rights defence and democratic development, it's obviously a capacity we've had, and we have a different capacity with you.
I want to better understand how your operation is working. You mentioned $4.25 million is allocated for your fund to do the kind of work you want to do on projects. We're almost at the end of the fiscal year. A lot more money hasn't been committed. Are you looking at many more projects to be committed between now and then because we're looking at about 15% of your budget that has been committed to date? Is that correct?