Ms. Picco, there are people who either need the money or don't. If they need the money, they're under duress. If they don't need the money, then they don't, frankly, need that employment.
When you speak about the elite of Canada, you're quite right. This whole program was about the elite. This was about the ultra-elite of this country having access to other powerful people. You actually framed it quite right.
What I find disconcerting is this idea, somehow, that the saviour complex of the charitable sector goes into inner city and racialized communities. Having an event at a school in Montreal is very different from having the relationships within the community to be able to partner the students with these events. If I recall, Ms. Picco, you yourself raised questions about its ability to match the 35,000 students to the organizations that would be required to actually do this program.
Do you still stand by the fact that charitable and non-profit work is essentially a relationship and not a transaction?