Finance committee  Exactly. They vet the quality of the opportunities as well.

Finance committee  Again, I can't speak to WE's capacity in that sense. Knowing there are various components, it would seem that whether the government itself or an organization is administering the program, collaboration with others would be a good thing.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Again, I can't speak to what the others were about.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  We have been involved in a national educational campaign on screening, wherein materials related to screening volunteers, particularly those working with vulnerable people, a handbook and a training program were created, and a number of local volunteer centres then provided train

Finance committee  What was most important was to get a sense of the design of it, because of some of our concerns, and in addition to that, to make sure there was awareness that the government had already invested and paid for the resources around youth engagement and this platform, which could be

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  That is true. We learned of the program at the announcement.

Finance committee  My impression from my conversations with the senior staff at the ministry was that there was an appreciation for our bringing those issues forward. Again, because it was confidential, I was not given information about whether or not they would be incorporated into the program des

Finance committee  Those are not things that we discussed in my conversations either with WE Charity or the minister's office.

Finance committee  Yes. My understanding is that they had created a budget for a number of organizations that were being called “strategic partners”, who would be of assistance in different ways. That was the amount that was suggested. When that was suggested to us, again as we were exploring what

Finance committee  No.

Finance committee  There are two parts to my answer. First, about the philosophical issues I raised, our organization feels strongly about that and would have wanted to ensure that the program design respected the philosophy of volunteering and was also meeting a real need within the non-profit s