Thank you.
I want to reference again some of the failures in which other programs have been able to identify exactly what is diverse, how they are able to audit, and who is doing that. I'll reference Employment and Social Development Canada's failed rollout for local, small, Black-led organizations, many of which, including some in Hamilton Centre, were not defined as being—quote, unquote—“Black enough” for this.
My concern is that with the potential for a $100-billion COVID recovery plan, what can the assistant deputy minister provide the committee today by way of an assurance that there will actually be programs beyond the initiatives such as consultations and pilot programs to ensure that, out of the $100-billion COVID recovery, equity-seeking groups are adequately accounted for and included in this economic recovery plan?