Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Quinn, for your testimony today. I was the member of Parliament who had to make the phone call to say that your funding had been cut by 50%. I maintained the share of the funding—right around 10% is the Sasamat funding—but it wasn't a nice conversation and it wasn't nice news I had to deliver on such short notice. As you said, we didn't even know as members of Parliament until days before that this was happening. I share the concerns that one of my other colleagues mentioned. We get news on a Friday, and I tried to get a hold of you on the Friday, because I didn't want you to go into the weekend and then on Monday you'd get an email from the central office.
Anyway, I just wanted to give you the time to share any additional recommendations you have for us, because I think we've heard loud and clear that eight weeks isn't enough. We know for sure that the 50% cut in funding really impacted communities and not-for-profits like yours, as well as charities. I just wanted to give you this opportunity to see if there are any other recommendations you would make at this time, so it's on the record, because this is our opportunity to make the Canada summer jobs program better.