Thank you.
Minister, I've been in contact with the executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat. I am extremely concerned by what he shared.
First of all, Treasury Board told the secretariat to produce a pilot Black mental health program as a partner. They spent 15 months consulting the best experts on racial trauma and mental health. They came up with a solid evidence-based program. When it was time to present the pilot program to Treasury Board, lawyers cancelled the whole thing. The secretariat never got to present it.
Minister, the secretariat confirms that their pilot program is complete and can be ready in short order. Why did the Treasury Board refuse to receive the pilot program that this Black-led, non-profit organization worked so hard on?