Ablonczy would be punished for the funding decision by losing control of the MTEP file, as Mr. If so, it is difficult to imagine why that would be. Yet, by the account of Brad Trost, a Conservative MP from Saskatoon, 'almost the entire Conservative caucus' and 'most of the Prime Minister's Office' was 'taken by surprise' by the announcement. That, surely, was the thinking of Diane Ablonczy, the federal Minister of State for Small Business and Tourism, when she announced $400,000 in federal support for Pride Toronto last month. The federal government's $100-million Marquee Tourism Events Program appears to have been tailor-made for Toronto's annual gay pride festivities.