Chair, I'm wondering whether—this is a fairly friendly amendment—we could add also, “the funding allocation of 2006 and 2007 to each region”.
What I've noticed, Mr. Chair, is that there seem to be—On the ground, we notice that there are organizations being cut that have received funding for many years. There seem to be disputes. The minister is saying there are no funding cuts to non-profit organizations. That seems to be contrary to the experience people are having in different regions. So I think, just for it to be clear—
Then we would know whether Cape Breton in fact got the same kind of funding allocation as before. I don't know; I have no way of knowing. I know, in terms of the Greater Toronto Area, whether it may or may not be.
It doesn't have to be by riding, as long as it's by region, so at least there is some kind of comparison to see fundamentally whether it is because of the $11 million that's been cut from the program, or because there's a design flaw, or because of the staff not having historical knowledge. I think it's probably because of a combination of all of those reasons that we are seeing some really unfortunate situations, where organizations that have done very good work in the past are not receiving funding to hire summer students.
I thought that might be a friendly amendment, so that there would be a very clear discussion when we have the entire package of information.