Well, $109 million is a staggering amount of money not to spend. From my experience, we negotiate for these plans for years. Indian Affairs doesn't give out money; we have to jump through hoops. Our communities spend phenomenal amounts of money doing every possible evaluation study to get to the point of being told, “Sorry, there is no money.” I don't see those kinds of discrepancies in other departments to such a degree.
On May 15th, 2008. See this statement in context.