There are other funders, such as United Way of Canada, Community Foundations of Canada, the Vancouver Foundation, and all of these funding agencies have addressed or identified children and youth as a priority. Again when we're looking at, for example, the skilled labour shortage, part of the solution is supporting the immigrant children and youth to be able to academically succeed.
If we don't have adequate supports to support children and youth.... In the context of B.C. as an example, 40% last year were children and youth. Significant numbers of children and youth are coming into the department. Citizenship and Immigration Canada has just identified youth as a priority for the first time. We have huge complex challenges here that speak beyond just the mandate of this committee to the whole issue of social cohesion, Canadian citizenship, civil engagement.
So it would be a tremendous concern for us to see any erosion of supports to prepare immigrant and refugee children and youth for their future.