That's a great question, because mandatory volunteerism is the death of volunteerism. It's much better to appeal to a bigger sense of purpose and being able to have a role.
If you think of the fact that government does not have a choice and as citizens we also don't have a choice as to what happens with taxpayers' money in that respect, asking reactively for donations and solidarity—and there's always room for that—and then matching that with taxpayers' money again is not the best way we can do this.
In Germany you pay around $10, let's say, a year. As a taxpayer I have the choice to be part of that response and have a role, and I like to say, “To stand on guard for Canada”. That taxpayers' money is invested proactively to create the system that enables everybody, from youth to veteran to senior, to be part of the answer to the problem.
That is a choice that currently does not exist, so government needs to enable volunteerism. I don't think it's a question of culture. It's that our government doesn't make it possible. People don't have the ability to volunteer in the capacity that needs to be rapidly available.