In the past fiscal year the YWCA, a Yellowknife based organization, received over $500,000 from this government. However, the Native Women's Association, which unlike the YWCA has a membership which extends to all communities in the Northwest Territories, received only $175,000. Could the Minister please explain why an organization that primarily serves Yellowknife has received such preferential funding status?

Supplementary to that, would the Minister advise the House whether the government is willing to review its entire approach to funding women's organizations?