Mr. Speaker, the board of management has had a great difficulty obtaining a quorum during the period in question. The chairperson was seriously ill and even hospitalized, other members of the board were unavailable at critical times when meetings were attempted to be organized and the board was operating with a bare quorum. It was difficult for the board to meet for logistical reasons, Mr. Speaker.

I can tell the honourable Member that since I became Minister, the board did meet -- I think it was sometime in July -- and they did then have an opportunity to make the reviews that the Member has referred to and to look at funding applications at that time. So they were finally able to meet and things had been brought up to date. Thank you.