I agree with you. There's no way ACOA can fund everything. But funding golf courses, especially a private one, is something I find objectionable. Yet ACOA can't fund the CCFI, which by all accounts is a great success story. They have done many things that you've asked them to do. They've sought other funding from the Atlantic provinces. They have funding from academia and industry, as well as $300,000 from DFO. I ask, respectfully, that you to go back to your superiors and ask them to rethink this decision before you actually close the door on it.
On May 5th, 2009. See this statement in context.