Thank you, Madam Chair. My understanding, at this point, is that there is no methodology. It's meeting between officials and, I'm guessing, executive directors. However, Madam Chair, I want to again extend this to all NGOs. When I say NGOs, it means non-governmental organizations. When we give NGOs money, and we don't have any kind of requirements or measurable outcomes, in my opinion, it sets them up to fail. For example, the homeless shelter that I managed for many years never got an increase, ever. It makes me wonder why. I think that we do need to review all of the agreements, and I think that we need to start moving into a place of quality assurance and that we actually have measurable outcomes. Then the NGOs can come back to us and say, "We're meeting these outcomes, but we don't have enough money to do it." Give us a tool to be accountable to the public, because it is the public purse, but also give the NGOs a tool that they can say, "This is what you asked; this is what we're delivering, and we need an increase." It goes both ways. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Caroline Cochrane on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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