Let me address that from a macro level. Every year, the Government of Canada spends $26 billion on grants and contributions to organizations and associations across this country. The problem is, people in this town think they have a God-given right to take tax dollars and then go out and advocate for their special cause. The government should be applauded for being able to trim some of that back, but frankly they haven't gone far enough.
No organization has the right to accept tax dollars and then go press their pet issue. If they want to go out and lobby on their issue, they should go out, find Canadians to join their cause, to donate to their cause, and then get involved politically.
The court challenges program is one component of that ongoing advocacy that flies in the face of the values of millions of Canadians.