First, I would agree that, absolutely, the child benefit helps, and it's not clawed back, which is extremely helpful to families. As food goes up, no other money goes up. If you are on social assistance—and it has been that way for a really long time, with no increases to assist families—you are still faced with having to make the decision, “Do I pay rent, or do I buy food?” You don't buy food, so where are you going to go to get that food? You can go to organizations like Ma Mawi. It's a vicious cycle that's very hard to get out of.
That being said, organizations like Ma Mawi, which are on the front lines, focusing on their strengths and building their capacity to increase their skills and their voice, make a huge difference, because the people who have come in.... Ma Mawi has 200 staff, and almost every single one of them has come to Ma Mawi for service, and then volunteered, worked part time, gone back to university, came back, and is working for us or continues to work for us.
More organizations that operate with that philosophy of creating opportunities within the community are really going to have an impact.