Thank you for that important and serious question, and please say hi to your kids. They were very charming and they cheered me up at the end of a busy day.
As you guys know, as a champion of early learning and child care and the Canada child benefit, I am a mother of three. I think we're all pro-family, but I really believe in supporting Canadian kids and families. That, by the way, includes the kids of people here. Our kids all do make sacrifices. They have interesting lives, but they make sacrifices. I was glad to say hi to your kids.
To your core question, of course I worry. It's agonizing for me. There is a food bank at the end of my street. It's actually at my local church, The Church of the Messiah, where we go. When I can, I go there on a Wednesday to help out.
There are now quite a few people who don't speak English—Ukrainians—who are there. I'm sorry, it breaks my heart. People in my congregation ask me to come when I can so I can speak Ukrainian to the people. There was one family, a grandmother and a mother. The food at the food bank is great, but it's a mixed bag. There was food that they didn't really know. There happened to be a pannetoni, which they hadn't seen before, and also lots of taco stuff. This mother and grandmother were saying, this is interesting, maybe we can find a way to give it to the kids for lunch. I talked to them. The dad is in Ukraine fighting on the front line. I said to them, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry this has happened to you. I am so sorry that it's so hard. They said to me, please don't be sorry. We're just grateful that we're here in Canada, and we're safe, and that we can get these interesting foods we've never eaten before and give them to our kids for lunch. They're mazing people.
I would love to live in a Canada where there are....
I'll finish on the food bank quickly. I don't mean to.... I'm not trying to run the clock here.