Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our witnesses.
I apologize to those not on Eastern Standard Time. When Ms. MacKenzie said it was 5:15 a.m. there, I thought, “Oh, wow.” I sometimes forget that here in Parliament we work across different time zones.
Christian is from my community of Peterborough. As his testimony tells you, they do some pretty remarkable work there, and we heard some great suggestions. The accountability—I absolutely love this—and the empathy created through your model, I think, are critical to moving forward and working with the most vulnerable.
There are two things I would like to talk to you about, Christian. On your last point about survival, we've heard this repeatedly from many of the witnesses on this intergenerational volunteerism study: that the cost of living is deeply impacting people's ability to volunteer. Can I get you to expand on the impact on your organization?