We're definitely not in a position to tell the government how to do their job. We are grassroots. We're non-profit. Larissa and I work in a position where we have received no funding at all as we're working with women. If you could try to empathize with where we're coming from, I don't think it's politically correct for us to say to you, “This is what's going on and we want you to do this, this, this, and this”. We need to have some type of dialogue and this open relationship in order for both parties to understand.
We don't want to sound like we're being ungrateful also. Is $20 million enough? Probably not. I feel that when we discuss social services, there are a lot of negative attitudes towards it. There may not be enough money in all areas.
As Larissa said, for them to actually to say, “Okay, there's a problem--we see it and we're willing to do this”, is an excellent attitude, as far as I'm concerned.
Thanks.