Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure. I can start us off, and then I'll pass it over to Erin. The way I'd say it's benefited our communities is the fact that employers are able to open their doors because they have staff. That's been the challenge: lack of staff. It's also still early days for the pilot. We've

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Can everybody hear me okay?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Community Futures Central Kootenay receives its core funding through Western Economic Diversification and has been supporting small businesses to be successful and our rural region to be economically healthy for close to 35 years. The West Kootenay communities of Castlegar, Nel