Thank you, Madam Chair.
Let me go on record right at the outset as opposing both the amended motion and the original motion. Let me just speak to the amended motion.
I did see the list of the 78 organizations that received funding, but it was a list. It was not full disclosure as it came out in the quarterly reports. In the fully disclosed list, we would have not only the names of the organizations but the amount of money for each organization. If I remember correctly, that was not the case. So that's point one.
Point two is that we heard Ms. McLeod today talk about division. We heard the minister in the House talk about divisiveness. At a press conference we heard groups that did not receive funding talk about division. Everybody is latching onto this whole notion of dividing women's groups.
I would say that the amended motion, even more so than the original motion, pits one women's group against another. I find it abhorrent that we bring in winners and losers to tell their story and to say “I was better than you were”.
I simply won't support this kind of divisiveness and--I'm repeating myself--this pitting of one group against another.