The purpose of the program was to raise Canada's profile through subsidized activities. It is quite clear that a subsidized activity that highlighted Canada was more important politically. I am not talking about partisanship; I'm talking about politics. It was more important in Alma than in Westmount. We gave political opinions, as it was our duty to do, on grant applications made for activities. If we had gotten involved in saying which agency should be hired and on what conditions, we would have been interfering in the administration of the program, which we never did.
Do you understand the difference between political opinions on the selection of events to be sponsored or not to be sponsored and opinions on the decision made by the department concerning the hiring of an agency or intermediary to delivery the goods?