We're talking about small and medium organizations here, Minister, and a concern that I have and I've expressed to you many times is around Bill C-41.
A year ago your government pushed through Bill C-41. It significantly changed the way Canadians can do international development work. We were happy that the NDP was successful in amending the legislation to ensure that humanitarian work was exempted from the new authorization regime, but development work, the work you're responsible for, is still within that Bill C-41.
We're over a year in. There is no guidance for Canadian organizations on how to navigate this regime and apply for authorizations from the government. We know there are situations in Sudan, the DRC and elsewhere around the world where this is going to have impacts, so I have two questions for you.
How much development funding for Afghanistan—not humanitarian funding but development funding—has reached Afghanistan since Bill C-41 passed? When will Canadian organizations see the guidance from your government that can help them navigate what is a completely inappropriate, draconian authorization regime?