Briefly, there's no shortage of experts in this field, and there is no shortage of very innovative programs that exist and deserve to be scaled.
I'm going to point to one that may be sensitive for the committee, and this is the importance of something that, sadly, has become necessary given global affairs: the creation of a civil defence corps for Canada. There are lots of ways for young people to contribute to the defence of the country by learning emergency skills or by having better first aid skills. We're at a point when we need to organize our society, much as the Scandinavians have done, and give Canadians of all ages the opportunity to feel as though they can be part of a response, whether it is a natural disaster or whether it is, unfortunately, some kind of territorial challenge.
