You might be aware of the Auditor General's 2001 report on ACOA, in which she actually looked at ACOA and what it funds and so on. It's a pretty in-depth report. She referred specifically in that report to the business development program policy against providing core funding beyond three years to not-for-profit organizations. It's that kind of report that provides some direction for ACOA when it looks at funding contributions for things such as CCFI.
Do you agree that the kind of funding you get from ACOA is core funding? How much of what is provided by the federal government goes towards projects? That question has already been asked and answered, but this is one of the issues that obviously would concern us.
ACOA is not in the business of providing that kind of core funding for not-for-profit organizations. You will have to make the case that the kind of funding you've been receiving falls outside of that.