Thank you.
We just had the 988 anniversary, and some of the successes from our first year of this national project in compassion and caring and showing up for Canadians meant that we were there for 300,000 calls and texts this year, which meant a lot to Canadians across this country. We have 39 organizations that are on the front lines of this work, with incredible volunteers who are committed to being there for someone in their moment of crisis.
It's a place of pride for us as Canadians that this compassion network is meeting people where they are in those critical moments. Three hundred thousand calls and texts—29,000 calls and texts per month, or nearly 1,000 a day—means we are meeting people in their most challenging moments, and that's something we can all be proud of.