Thank you, Madam Chair. Historically, friendship centres have been supported by the federal government. That's correct. I think what we saw in the previous years was a request from the NWT/Nunavut Association of Friendship Centres, recognizing that they were experiencing less funding from the federal government and still identified needs, so, this item really reflects an effort from the GNWT to support them on a short-term basis, to try to encourage them to find extra sources of funding by offering some time-limited matching funds, and, at that same time, offering a little bit of support for that association, to have capacity within it, to also look for resources. It wasn't intended as ongoing funding to replace federal government funding. It was meant to support the association's own efforts to find new sources of ongoing funding. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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