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Finance committee Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. On behalf of the Canadian Red Cross, I wish to thank you for this invitation to appear before the Standing Committee on Finance. My name is Conrad Sauvé. I am the Secretary General and CEO of the Canadian Red Cross. With me tod
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee Yes.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee There would be about 5,000.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee We're not looking at enlarging it, really, and that was clear in the presentation. We're talking about the ones who deal in emergency. We're going to increase that group to maybe 10,000 in the years to come in terms of capacity, but it doesn't touch all volunteers.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee I think that ties into what I was saying. We, at the Canadian Red Cross, draw a distinction between volunteers who are on call 24 hours a day, who are trained and prepared to respond in an emergency situation, and all other volunteers. We are already taking this into account in o
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee In our case, no.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee It refers to assistance provided to victims in the aftermath of an emergency. We just had to shut down our offices in New Brunswick, following the floods. In this context, I'm referring to caring for victims.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee Absolutely.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee We had called for broadening of the exemption to include work-related preparedness, response in an emergency situation, and recovery. In fact, we often focus solely on that aspect.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee I'm sorry...?
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee I haven't seen the ten points.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee Yes.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee In the search and rescue case they would qualify, but the point we were referring to is not that one. We're not in search and rescue. The aspect we're referring to is enlarging the preparation. We're doing a lot of disaster management and intervention. We cannot know when a disas
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé
Finance committee No. Well, I don't have any comments on why it takes so long. I'll let you do your work on that.
June 9th, 2008Committee meeting
Conrad Sauvé