I want to thank Mr. Lessard for bringing this motion forward and giving us this opportunity to ask questions on a very important initiative by this government on behalf of the thousands of people in the country who find it difficult to participate in everyday life. There seems to be some peculiarity around the way decisions have been made on this fund.
When the minister was before us in May, she indicated that this program was oversubscribed, and that a panel of third party experts evaluated applications and made recommendations to the government. I'd like to know who was on the panel, how they were selected, and how much they were paid. What were the eligibility criteria used by the panel to select applications? Did the panel rank applications for the major projects? If so, what ranking was given to the two projects that were selected?