Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to follow up on my Member's statement from earlier this afternoon. Last April, I wrote the Minister responsible for Health and Social Services to suggest that we establish a staff position to assist NGOs to develop business plans and proposals to access not only federal program funds, but also private foundation funds. We are missing out on a tremendous amount of money each year because NGOs fail to access these programs successfully.

Mr. Speaker, the Minister responded to my suggestion and said that it would be discussed by the social envelope. Can Minister Groenewegen advise this House whether or not that discussion has in fact taken place?