Thank you very much for coming today. I can't even imagine what it takes to get on a plane and come down here and open yourselves up to this.
I suspect that as we go through this, we have to ask questions and try to understand, especially if you're looking at the EI system. It's a very complicated system because, as you heard today, two million people apply for claims throughout the year. I don't know if the EI system is going to be as empathetic to these types of challenges, but I think we all agree that we can do other things through different venues. That's where we're going to continue asking those questions: What works, what makes sense, how can we move forward?
When my colleague mentioned the CCB, my eyes just sparkled, and I thought that makes sense, because you're already getting funding. If there's a grace period in there, it could be a seamless thing. My dad passed away last year, and as much as we knew he was going, nobody prepared anything—no funeral costs, nothing. In your case, it's a surprise. I can't even imagine, because we went through quite a bit just to figure out how we were going to pay for the funeral. I think we're all very empathetic.
I'm blown away by your efforts with Quinn's Legacy. I think that's part of how you're trying to heal yourselves and your families. I think there's potential for us to support something like that. How do we take what you do, and what others have done and support it? Clearly a healing process is involved. I think you need that, more than some bureaucrat telling you to give them a piece of paper.
We're going to have to keep asking hard questions. Nobody wants to ask those questions. At some point, you have to bring a certificate to Service Canada and let them know. I don't know how you get away from that, but it doesn't have to happen in that same week. That's clear. When you heard that your EI runs out in the same week, it's hard. There should be a built-in grace period while you don't have to engage. I don't know how we do that. Part of what we're doing is asking those types of questions and relying on the experts and the folks who are going through these challenges.
I don't have questions for you, because you've laid it out quite clearly for us. It's more a question of where we go from here. There are a couple of minutes; if there's anything else you want to share with us, I'll leave that up to you.
I hope we can find constructive ways to move forward with this.