Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Uchida, I too want to commend RBC for what you're doing. I had a conversation a few months ago with one of your RBC directors, Michael McCain, about unpaid internships. I asked whether Maple Leaf Foods uses unpaid internships. He said that they don't, and he went further to say that he believes that there is basic honour and importance to paid work. In fact, he has five children who have had opportunities to do unpaid internships, but he urged them not to do them, saying that they would be better off working at something entry-level that actually paid, because of the basic respect implied in the employer-employee relationship by paying someone.
I'm pleased to see RBC funding 100 internships. I'd be interested in ways in which we can provide leadership or encourage more companies to provide paid internships. For instance, are other banks doing the same? Is the Canadian Bankers Association or the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, these organizations that represent some very large companies that are important in the Canadian economy...? Are there initiatives within those organizations to expand these kinds of paid internship opportunities?