I can respond to that fairly clearly.
I actually read Treasury Board guidelines because of the issues that have been raised. I went through them cover to cover. The key issue with respect to Treasury Board is accountability. There are many examples today--and I can cite dozens--of the federal government providing funding to organizations like CCFI on a third-party-delivery basis. I can use the example of Springboard Atlantic, which is funded by ACOA, which has a model similar to CCFI's.
I respect that opinion, of course, but we have an accountability structure in place in our organization that's second to none. We've been audited for the last 20 years. We've had two independent audits from ACOA in the last three years. We have a good governance structure. We follow the ISO procedures through the academic institution at Memorial University. There is no issue of public accountability.
I respect the position, but Treasury Board guidelines have sections on third-party delivery of transfer payments. We clearly fall within that arena. I understand it, but there is a clear response. If you look at it from a practical standpoint, when you have an organization like ours that's accountable and does the work we do, there's no reason not to continue that support. That's certainly my position on it.