We have had an agreement with the Institute for Canadian Citizenship since 2006. The amount you see in the documents before us today takes into account the last year of funding within the context of this agreement.
We greatly appreciate the work done by the institute, which is basically to promote citizenship in Canada. As far as I know, it is the only institution in Canada dedicated to promoting Canadian citizenship. The institute fulfils its mandate by assembling people to reflect on the significance of Canadian citizenship in the modern era, on how to communicate a feeling of belonging and citizenship to immigrants, to people who have recently arrived in Canada. The institute seems to have accumulated highly valuable expertise, and we are proud to have granted it this funding.
As for the future, I can tell you that I would remain very interested in funding Canadian institutions that promote Canadian citizenship. It seems important to me to do so, certainly within our financial limits and across our country.