Mr. Speaker, I have a question for the minister of international development.
The minister will be aware that a decision by her department to cut all funding for MATCH International, a budget of over $400,000 a year, is yet another sign of the ideological direction of the government, cutting an advocacy organization for women, forcing it to lay off staff, forcing it to stop its work, forcing it to stop fighting for women's equality around the world.
Just what kind of a grudge does the government have for the women's organizations around the country that are working so hard for women?