Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Minister. Congratulations on your French.
In your opening remarks, you talked about your main mandates, learning services and Canada's national school food program, among other things. However, one of your mandates is also to advance the implementation of the community services recovery fund to help charities and non-profit organizations adapt and modernize.
We have met with charitable groups, such as Imagine Canada, which is a group of charities and non-profit organizations. They shared a number of concerns with us, which may even warrant a study by our committee. I'd like to hear your opinion on one of the main concerns.
We rely on these organizations a lot, but there's a big problem, which is that these organizations receive funding mainly on a project-by-project basis, rather than receive funding based on their core mission or autonomous mission.
How far along are you in your mandate to advance the implementation of the community services recovery fund? What does that mean for those groups? Is any work under way?