There is another point I could add for your consideration. Some representatives of an official language minority group told me that having very limited time within which to spend the money resulted in other negative impacts. The organization in question had planned to hire a community group or a small- or medium-size company in the community as a consultant. Unfortunately, when there is very little time, these small organizations do not have adequate resources to comply with their contract obligations. They are required to go to the big companies. That is another fact that works to the advantage of large companies and to the disadvantage of SMEs in the community.
The Auditor General has published a report in the past about the problem of underfunding, and she recommended multi-year funding. That avoids this type of annual crisis.