Well, for us at Lifesaving Society Canada, we're different partners within this coalition. The Red Cross is also a partner in this. We do this together. At Lifesaving Society Canada, we provide services to about 1.2 million Canadians a year. About 70% of them are kids under 12 who are in learn-to-swim programs.
The problem we're having with new Canadians is that they're coming in from places where they don't necessarily have water in which they can learn to swim before they get here. We also have extended summers, like this summer. People were flocking more towards waterways and stuff like that.
For us, this is very important. At Lifesaving Society Canada, we have a program called “swim to survive”. We encourage all grade 3 students to take the program. They learn how to deal with water and how to go into water. But we should be working with all newcomers who come to Canada and we should be teaching them how to swim, definitely.