Thank you, Chair.
Good afternoon to my colleagues.
Thank you very much to our presenters. Those were very, very good presentations.
Ms. Shime, I want to start by thanking you and United Way for the outstanding work and the service you deliver right across the country. Here in Saint John—Rothesay, the executive director is Alexya Heelis, who does a fantastic job. She's been in her role now for a little over a year.
I want to talk first and foremost about the emergency community support fund, the $350 million that our government announced to support community organizations. An amount of $9 million went to United Way Centraide Canada for seniors. In my riding I think there were 22 applications, and 13 organizations received funding. One of them was Meals on Wheels in Saint John, which got a $12,000 grant. Meals on Wheels obviously provides hundreds of free meals for seniors who need that support, especially during the pandemic.
That's a great example of the kind of service needed from community organizations who understand what seniors need. To continue the positive contribution to our society, how do we better leverage the work of such long-standing partners as United Way?