Charities are too vital to fail

As physical distancing measures relax, the demands will be greater—more people will be out of work and more will be looking for the programs and services offered by organizations like YMCAs and Boys and Girls Clubs.

A stabilization fund of $7-billion dollars to buttress the $2.8-billion already provided by the federal government is needed by the non-profit sector, say YMCA and Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada.Photograph courtesy of Unsplash

Opinion

BY OWEN CHARTERS AND PETER DINSDALE

April 29, 2020

Charitable organizations in Canada have always been front-line workers, helping the country’s most vulnerable populations. Our role in the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t changed—except that those vulnerable populations have grown exponentially.

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