Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I wanted to focus on something Ms. Trauttmansdorff said.
You referenced something that a previous witness from Kelowna mentioned around the food bank. I've heard it many times as well. It's not just in the volunteer sector but also in all kinds of sectors. There are painfully long applications for funding programs. We talk a lot about the CMHC around here, as an example.
I was looking at your organization's annual report. There are a number of different organizations listed there—Employment Ontario, Ottawa Community Foundation, United Way, Canada summer jobs, Ontario Trillium Foundation and the City of Ottawa. I'm assuming that there is a long, painful application process for each of those. Even with some of the corporate sponsors, there's probably an application process as well.
This is one of those areas where I recognize that government does play a role in assisting community organizations. It's not a bad thing, but I am still a Conservative. I'm always looking for ways to do things better, more efficiently and more effectively. We can do more with less, for example.
I note that you worked in this place at one time, so you understand a little bit how it works. Do you have any thoughts on what you might do differently? How could you structure a system where there were fewer applications or trusted organizations or whatever it might be? Can you give us some thoughts on that?