That's a great question and it's one that I feel well positioned to answer, because I started off my career at the youth challenge fund, which was a fund set up by the provincial government at the time under the leadership of Kathleen Wynne to invest in, specifically, Black youth in the inner suburbs. I saw first-hand what it looked like to partner with community organizations and Black youth working together to develop initiatives, as well as capital, for safe spaces for youth to gather.
We've seen that model replicated with work that you did around designing the Ontario bBk youth action plan at the provincial level. We haven't yet seen that kind of targeted approach taken by the federal government to work with an independent foundation or body to invest in a Black foundation. I know that's within the existing federal budget. I applaud the work of that motion and I'm really eager to see it come to life. The foundation can do the work to partner with community-led organizations on the ground.
I think other folks on the call have spoken about this. With some of the programs and investments, folks are just not aware of them or don't have sufficient time to be able to create applications and get approved by the Canada Council. You have to, 30 days in advance, be approved and create an application before you can even apply for additional funding.