Veterans Affairs committee  Okay. I'll try to answer that to the best of my ability. I believe the program that is benefiting us at the moment is the wage subsidy program. That is covering a huge portion of our costs for our paid staff and our custodian. Other than that, how we're managing is by reducing o

Veterans Affairs committee  Well, like I said, in communities of our size, Legions are an integral part of the community. We are the social centre for our community. Without us, the veterans would suffer. There would be a loss of opportunities for them to get together and share and socialize. For the comm

Veterans Affairs committee  Yes, absolutely. Prior to COVID, we were a vibrant little Legion. We were open seven days a week. We had activities going on in the evenings. We were sponsoring local activities and providing venues for the community for community events. That was prior to COVID. Since COVID hit

Veterans Affairs committee  What we do have, we are giving.

Veterans Affairs committee  It's the vast majority. Where we may have had 25 active volunteers before, we now have maybe two or three.

Veterans Affairs committee  Of course, yes, we are a very small branch in a very small community. We are in a remote location, and so we are pretty much dependent upon our local residents. When and if the COVID restrictions are relaxed enough to allow us to resume some degree of normal operating, then of c

Veterans Affairs committee  From food sales, entertainment and those types of things—outside of our bar sales—probably about 30% of the other income was from events other than bar sales.

Veterans Affairs committee  We are located in north-central Vancouver Island, on the west coast. We are approximately 100 kilometres from Campbell River, our nearest urban centre, which is a community of approximately 40,000.

Veterans Affairs committee  Good afternoon. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the House of Commons committee on Veterans Affairs. It is both an honour and a privilege to participate in this study of the Royal Canadian Legion and other veteran organizations and their financial health during and