Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
Thank you to all of you for coming, some of you from far distances. It is much appreciated. I'm listening almost with disbelief as you describe your realities.
I have just a quick question. All of you were funded from the community fund, is that correct? None were from the partnership fund. They were all community fund....
Ms. Phillips, you spoke about going through the process, working with the bureaucrats, with every expectation that your funding would be approved. I'm wondering if the others could comment. It appears to me that three of the four of you met the criteria as established by the action plan of the previous minister. It strikes me that you met the criteria. What was your experience dealing with the bureaucrats? Did you expect that your funding would be ratified? And when it wasn't, what was the excuse given to you?