Thank you, Chair.
On my copy it's on the next page, in the latter part of the paragraph. There are dates that I didn't see before and I hadn't memorized. It says:
On December 4, 2009, KAIROS received a letter dated December 3, stating that CIDA had made this decision for reasons of efficiency and in light of its priorities of food security, children and youth and economic development.
The next sentence then says, “The letter did not provide a specific explanation.”
Mr. Chair, the CIDA website lists its priorities clearly for anybody in the world to see. We discussed that the KAIROS website lists its priorities—clear, for anybody in the world to see—and anybody can see they are predominantly activist. There is “solidarity partners”, and I think they had “action partners”. But it's activism. There was no similar focus on food, security, children and youth.
Mrs. Corkery testified, and it was very strange; she said she didn't have an explanation. This is a pretty clear explanation. Their priorities are different—food, security, children and youth, and economic development. So why are we putting in a sentence that says, “The letter did not provide a specific explanation”?
That's not the evidence we saw; that is a specific explanation. I think that sentence should be removed.