We've seen it. The loss of expertise from the closing of the regional offices was huge. When you met with either the director or your agent at Status of Women, they knew the territory. There was a team, and they knew everything that was going on. They were on top of things and knew both emerging problems and emerging groups at the same time. The loss of expertise was just huge, and we can see it in our relationship to Status of Women.
Emerging groups absolutely have to be funded, and I don't want there to be any misunderstanding in terms of questioning the decisions made versus the services that have been funded. The need for services is overwhelming; clearly that is not the question. The question is whether this funding is going to be used for groups that may not have a clear, long-term interest in promoting the status of women. It can be something that can be cut from those groups, but it cannot be cut from our missions.
That's the difference that we see. You will always have that problem of funding distribution, but the criteria have to be much clearer for us, and the question of rights advocacy is big.