We've heard from a number of witnesses so far. They came to talk to us about ways in which the federal and provincial governments can spend the funds better and work better together. No one has told us that we should advocate for direct funding.
I understand your legal interpretation, but isn't there a constraint coming from the stakeholders, based on their beliefs and the current culture? That may explain why direct funding is not being used.
We put the question to all the witnesses, and we can see that they didn't tell us that at all.