I just want to recognize that we have seen changes in the way Canadian aid gets delivered. We're not talking so much about two- or three-year projects anymore. We now have five- or seven-year project timelines, so that's important progress.
What we'd like to see is more continuity. Sometimes I think the best innovation is just doing the same thing with more resources and for a longer time. We don't need to reinvent the wheel constantly. Building up health systems is a decades-long project, but also building up women's movements is over years. When we look at Global Affairs Canada, our preference would be to see investment in the long term in supporting social movements. We're talking not just five or seven years, but 10 or 20 years. Then, in terms of health care systems, there's building up things like a national sexual education curriculum. These are things that are not done in five-year horizons. It's the same when supporting midwives across the country, building up midwifery programs and safe abortion services in rural health clinics. These are things that can't be done on a short timeline.
If we look at Canadian funding right now, about two-thirds goes to government or multilaterals, and less than a third to civil society initiatives. That's where we would like to see a better balance, because we know—and you're all politicians, so you know this—politicians act when they feel that there's public interest, public pressure, public demand. It's civil society that holds up that demand, so it means having strong civil society speaking up for rights and making sure there's that counterweight. We can see government investing in family planning and contraception one day, and then not doing it the next because they don't feel that need, that demand on the ground. It's civil society organizations, in particular women's rights organizations, local grassroots organizations—