Canadian Heritage committee  As a point of clarification, it wasn't that it was not eligible. There were a number of other projects that were deemed to be the cream of the crop. Because there were 1,100 projects.... It wasn't that it was ineligible, and then found to be eligible. It was just not chosen.

Canadian Heritage committee  We have had some correspondence from CMAC. It has not yet paid the money back, though.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  The government is very much seeking that money back and attempting that through a third party now, but it also wants to very much keep the option open to pursue.

Canadian Heritage committee  The Department of Canadian Heritage is communicating with the third party to get updates as to its efforts. On the basis of those results, we'll have to decide what other actions the minister would like to take.

Canadian Heritage committee  Your first question was on lessons learned. I think we have learned very important lessons through this terrible situation. We are making it very explicit that racism, hate and discrimination would make you ab initio ineligible for government funding. We require applicants to att

Canadian Heritage committee  That is correct, yes.

Canadian Heritage committee  They are Department of Justice counsel, but they work through Canadian Heritage.

Canadian Heritage committee  I would say that the time that it took was not isolated to legal advice. It was the length of time it took the system to kick in, and I acknowledge that it took too long.

Canadian Heritage committee  The new attestation was posted online on December 14. I would have to get back to you on when it was approved.

Canadian Heritage committee  That is correct. There is now the option for the minister to terminate the agreement immediately.

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, we will get that for you. The amount that was requested was $122,661. There was a holdback of $11,000 that remained, which was not paid out, so what we requested to have back was $122,661.

Canadian Heritage committee  There is a very strong interest in getting that money back. The first attempt was by demanding the money back. When that didn't produce, then a third party was sought, which has been attempting to get the money from the organization. Since December, five attempts have been made.

Canadian Heritage committee  The definition for anti-Semitism that is part of Canada's anti-racism strategy is the one that has been given by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.

Canadian Heritage committee  Broadly speaking, there is similarity in terms of the kinds of questions and the kinds of analysis done. There is information sharing between departments in terms of best practices. When this case came to light, we did share the work that we were doing with other departments. We