Yes. Thank you so much. It's a really important question at Pauktuutit.
By way of a little background, under the Harper government administration, Pauktuutit's core funding was reduced by 10%, from $440,000 to $396,000. Our core funding is still $396,000; however, we do receive a top-up of approximately $90,000 on an annual basis.
We are currently costing, though, what a reasonable annual operating budget would be for Pauktuutit, and it's conservatively estimated at $1.5 million. We are definitely under capacity. We do rely heavily on project funding. It definitely does affect our ability to retain staff and our ability to deliver projects consistently and sustainably.
For example, the IWBN was a three-year funded project. Then there was a break in our funding. We just regained funding for the 2015-16 year, and we're hoping again to apply for new funding.
Definitely, funding is a problem and it does sacrifice and compromise the quality of our programming.