Human Resources committee  On that line, there are attempts here to innovate. There has been a pre-fab log housing program here. People have done stack-wall, straw bale, and rammed earth housing, but there's very little incentive to encourage people to innovate, particularly at lower income levels. There h

Human Resources committee  Certainly, in terms of our community as well, there has been quite a bit of support. We just inaugurated the sixth unit Habitat for Humanity has built here. I don't know whether you've had the opportunity to visit them or look at them. It addresses, again, a low-income need that

Human Resources committee  There is as well the attempted youth shelter, which uses the beds at the drug and alcohol treatment centre. Again, it isn't seen as a positive alternative for youth to go there as an emergency shelter. There was an attempt last year by a non-governmental organization, just over h

Human Resources committee  They are relaunching right now, I think, a fundraising campaign again to attempt to bring that to life on their own, but we'll see how successful that is. It's difficult, obviously, the upfront cost of putting something like that together in the community. Just as another point,

Human Resources committee  As you are probably becoming aware, in a small jurisdiction such as our own, you meet the people who are involved in the concrete reality of bringing this to life in the checkout at the local supermarket. So you can bypass a lot of the bureaucracy and talk directly to the people.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  Certainly there were quite a few more organizations that existed prior to the famous cutbacks of the mid-1990s. We used to have a very well-articulated network of what were called global learner centres across the country, and easily 75% or more of those, once the CIDA funds were

Human Resources committee  That's correct.

Human Resources committee  The social justice committee at Sacred Heart is part of an emerging network of social justice committees, certainly in this community. Three high schools have social justice committees now, and the United Church, the Anglican, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic churches all have elemen