What I understand.... Number one, is this program well known in the community? Number two, is it promoting equity or, rather, achieving the objective?
Number one, we have a very large base. I can say it's not as big as it could be. There is so much of this going on. People forward emails, as Alica just mentioned, saying, “Did you know about this? Can we partner together?” There's so much of it. Some of the perception that people have come up with is.... They just keep throwing money at us as if that's what we need right now.
We need some respect. We need some acknowledgement. We need some empowerment. We need some inclusion. We need some equity. There are so many things that we need beyond that.
I had the opportunity to interview Senator Mary Jane McCallum, the indigenous senator, yesterday for our indigenous event, which is happening tomorrow. I asked her, “Senator, what is wealth to you?” She paused and said, “Wealth, to me, is your voice. It's not money; it's your voice.”
Do we have a voice? If we had a voice, there wouldn't be only 7¢ coming to our community. You could give us a million dollars. If we don't have a voice, it's not doing justice. Like I said, it's good. It's well-intentioned, so we appreciate it, but we still don't have a voice. We appreciate being here today, but in the grand scheme of things, we don't have a voice.
That's part one. I think my colleague will have something to add to that.
Part two of the question, I think, is already embedded in the response to part one. It's no, because, frankly, the government cannot do it alone. Let's be clear. The government needs to engage the corporations. The government needs to engage the community. The government needs to engage the schools. The government needs to engage the system. You can't do it alone. You could put $100 billion in this, but it will not end systemic racism. That's a fact.
While it's being done, we appreciate it. That goes for the indigenous community too. We are very involved in that community as well. We need to amplify. If we look at the one beautiful picture I'm looking at in this House, the representation is imbalanced.
That's my take. Thank you so much for that question.
Please, my colleague, if you have something to add, you may go ahead.