Finance committee  Exactly. Of course, we knew about WE Charity, and ME to WE, and WE Days and everything else, but in the context of pairing volunteers with the non-profit and charitable sectors, I was not aware that they were involved in that or had been involved in that.

Finance committee  We are currently active in six. The plan just prior to COVID was to grow from eight to 10 by January and 12 by June. Our goal was a bit thwarted by the pandemic, but that is our intention, to get back to the 12 provinces and—

Finance committee  To answer your second question first, just so I can circle back, I think there's a wonderful opportunity here. There are a number of charities within the Canada service corps, very stellar organizations and very good non-profit and charitable organizations as members of the CSC,

Finance committee  As a result of the timeline, we weren't going to actually engage in any activity until that renegotiated agreement was signed. In Katimavik's case, although we had restructured the staffing to be able to support the program, we hadn't executed yet on bringing young people into it

Finance committee  Absolutely. I know there's been some debate about volunteerism versus remuneration for that, but I think the added benefit in this case is that charities were very hard hit across the board across the country. They needed more help and assistance than necessarily a volunteer corp

Finance committee  They are volunteering.

Finance committee  Yes, the program would be different in that, but we were very supportive of it because it did a number of things in a very innovative way. I think it addressed the issue of students, particularly, who would be disadvantaged from continuing their education potentially, by providin

Finance committee  Yes. We apply for and bring on board staff, youth, from Canada summer jobs.

Finance committee  Yes, there is always room for expansion. We never serve 100% of the youth that we wish to serve, if I could answer it that way. At some point, we understand that governments have budgets of their own and that there is a lot of work to be done. We do the best we can to argue for t

Finance committee  No, not in that context. We've been told that the government is looking at potentially a different way of doing this. We've essentially been asked to just wait a little longer before they come back to us and let us know what that is.

Finance committee  That's correct. We would certainly have provided services in Quebec, in both languages, in our part of the role.

Finance committee  In our case, Katimavik provides a financial report at every board meeting, which are monthly. The board of directors is given a hard copy cash flow statement and budget actuals report every quarter.

Finance committee  In my role as a youth advocate for a youth empowerment organization I would say, and I don't mean to be flippant, there's never enough support to do the work we want to do. As much as it's responsible and affordable for governments, yes, we would welcome that investment.

Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  No, we had not.