Mr. Chairman, perhaps I can add to that, just very briefly.
I think it's very dangerous for any of us to impute motives, particularly to impute what many Canadians would say are bad or evil motives for decisions. I would not want to be a member of the cabinet that has to make decisions about what gets cut and what doesn't get cut. I would like to think that I would take the time to talk to people and find out about things, to think through the consequences of those decisions, rather than to simply make an announcement that takes everybody by surprise.
Frankly, we in the voluntary sector are all spending a great deal of time in a crisis mentality instead of serving the Canadians we're supposed to serve. That's to no one's advantage.