They received multi-year funding in the previous budget. Multi-year does imply “multi-year”. They do have money against which they can plan for a number of years. So if one were to give them annual funding, then one could perhaps acknowledge the fact that in this year, they didn't receive it. When I reread Monsieur Godbout's comments that were subsequently posted on their website, I believe he clarified the point that Genome Canada did receive in last year's budget multi-year funding that permitted them to fund subsequent calls.
On February 10th, 2009. See this statement in context.