It's okay? Perfect. I hope you haven't taken too much off my time, Mr. Chair. Thank you.
So I want to congratulate you on the work you are doing, but at the same time I think we really have to get young people before they join a street gang, because once they are in a gang, it is extremely difficult to get them out. They get threatened and there are all sorts of reasons why a young person cannot easily get out of the street gang system. So I congratulate you on the work you are doing.
You talk about your centre, and I find it extraordinary. I come from a family where at the age of three I was placed in a foster family. I lived with 13 different foster families. You can imagine that this was not an easy life.
So I know what it is to live from pillar to post. They don't always keep us because they like us; they keep us because they're paid. I also know there is no feeling of belonging. So we are always looking for something else to belong to.
At the time, when I was young, there were no street gangs. But there were biker gangs, which were much more prevalent, but fortunately I didn't live in that situation. I was blessed. There are others, though, who did live in that situation, and it is extremely difficult to get out.
Ms. Johnson, is your centre open to all young people? Can a young person go to your centre, even if they belong to a street gang, and try to get out?