Finance committee  I would be happy to provide you a list of the ones that I think have that specialization.

Finance committee  Yes, you're correct.

Finance committee  If you were finding youth to attach to placements in the communities in which they lived, then of course, yes, there would not have been increased costs for housing.

Finance committee  Did you say the firm was just called National? Is that the name of the firm?

Finance committee  No, I'm not aware.

Finance committee  Yes, absolutely. What I would say is that the results speak for themselves. As I mentioned in my opening statement, these young people who leave programs like ours were previously unaware as to how they could contribute and find ways to do so. They leave these programs with a tre

Finance committee  I would say to you that we have the knowledge and the capacity to have participated in the management of the program. I believe that for a program like this to succeed, it would have had to have been a collaborative effort, leveraging the expertise that some charities and some no

Finance committee  No. I should say, Mr. Morantz, that I'm not sure the date you referenced is the date of the call that I'm recalling. I'm sorry, but I don't remember the date of the call that I was on.

Finance committee  Sure. Did I answer your second question?

Finance committee  I've heard comments made that WE Charity was the only charity that had the capacity to deliver it. I think I would create a distinction with respect to capacity versus infrastructure. A number of charities across Canada.... I mean, at Katimavik this is what we do. We place volunt

Finance committee  At the time we were told that it would be $25,000 for the first 100 youth entered into the program through Katimavik. It was up to a maximum of $50,000 if we were able to provide another 100.

Finance committee  It's an expensive activity at times to safely engineer a program where you're moving young people from community to community, and the cost attached to that through travel and through housing is expensive. It can be expensive. On the program's specific cost, I have no comment t

Finance committee  Yes, and administrative costs as a percentage of program costs in the sector usually run anywhere between 10% to 20%, given the charity, to answer your question.

Finance committee  The scope and the focus of this particular program, as I said in my opening, is something that we very much believe in, because obviously students have been displaced from jobs that they would need to continue their education. First of all, I would say that it's unfortunate, be

Finance committee  We were invited to participate through a partnership arrangement.