Mr. Chair, respectfully, the witness didn't really answer my question.
I agree with you that matching programs are wonderful in principle, but there's a specific problem when you exclude some organizations. I agree that the organizations that are beneficiaries of this program are doing great work, but if you offered a social program to people in one province and not another, or to people with one hair colour and not another, people would understandably object.
Why do you have a matching program that, by design, excludes other organizations that are doing good work? In many cases, these are small, diaspora-led organizations with a significant footprint on the ground being left out, in favour of established partners of the government—in effect, larger organizations that have pre-existing relations with the government, as opposed to some of the smaller organizations that are still very active and present.
Can you take another run at answering my question and explaining why the government isn't looking for alternatives to be more inclusive here?