For us it was very alarming that private sector groups and other for-profit organizations were receiving funding when an organization that pays its staff less than a living wage for the hours that we put in to serve low-income women did not get funded.
As far as I know, we had a multi-billion-dollar economic stimulus package in this country for private business; I'm not sure why they also have to knock on the door of Status of Women Canada. It makes very little sense to me, and I know it makes very little sense to the low-income women with whom we work that we can no longer help them with their various issues having to do with financial independence and asset-building, while private sector organizations have gotten funding instead.