Mr. Speaker, since 1994, an NGO known as Alternatives has been receiving CIDA funding to continue its extraordinary work.
However, in March 2009, the office of the Minister of International Cooperation stopped responding to this NGO's inquiries.
The minister refuses to confirm or deny the rumour that Alternatives will no longer receive funding.
It is simple. Alternatives wants to know if it can expect the funding it needs to implement its projects in Haiti, Iraq and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. What does the minister have to say?