Okay, I thank you for that remark. I appreciate that.
Frankly, hardly anything stays the same. The world itself is changing very quickly on us. Businesses in Canada have had to go through some major restructuring in many cases to stay competitive in a worldwide economic crisis. The world in terms of democratic needs and opportunities has changed dramatically. The situation in the Middle East with the realignment and the protests in the street all bear witness to the need for some assistance in developing democratic institutions.
Along that line, one of the remarks you made here was you receive a core funding of about $9 million from the Parliament of Canada, and essentially that is your core mandate. You're providing services, according to your testimony here, in about 12 countries, and it also pays for your activities here and abroad. I'm interested in your remarks here about diversifying your source of funding to be able to fulfill your mandate. I wonder if you could help us by looking to the future. How do you see that? And how do you see those opportunities being afforded by funding from other sources to augment what's provided by the taxpayers of Canada?