Thank you for the question.
The program is administered on a regional basis. The Canada cultural spaces fund is managed through Canadian Heritage's regional offices. The regional officers work closely with municipalities and organizations in small urban centres or remote centres to ensure that they are well represented in the Canada cultural spaces fund. The officers work in close collaboration with organizations applying to the fund.
As you heard during our presentation, 80% of the communities that have received support are rural, remote, and small urban centres. That means these communities are well represented in the program.
We are also very conscientious about ensuring that the projects submitted to the program are representative of the community. We feel it is important that projects come from the community and truly represent it.