our nice government want to create remunerated volonteering ?????

[Mia001]

isn't what we, older people, call ''a job'' ?
where will she (the lady some call ''ma tante Pauline'') take the money ??? we are broke
where the sence of volonteering is in this ??
do Young quebequers have a wallet where they should have a heart ??

sorry, that makes me perplex and sad

beside, that's just one of the new ''pre electoral'' promises....

BTW, and the moon, can i have it full every night.....why not...????

sorry about my sarcasm

[Patty Smyth]

Lots of election promises coming up.

[Darth Penguin]

Sounds like our Pauline has taken a leaf from Maggie's YTS farce..

yeah..30 years on and I'm still bitter about the waste of my cohorts oppotunity who didn't gett a proper training for a job and it's influence is still troubling British employment .

[Shwa Girl]

Hi OP. I can see your point. Can I please put another spin on this idea? Hear me out. I mean no disrespect.


I have worked with students. I am not a teacher. To get the best out of the students, at the end of the program, we give them an honorarium. The honorarium: a gift cards to their favourite stores. We usually don't give them money.

Some of these students come from low income families. They get to update their resume saying that they worked with us and they get a gift card to Walmart (they get to treat themselves), Canadian Tire (guys like this) or a grocery store (some are hungry and appreciate this).

I can see the same positive effect for giving volunteers an honorarium at the end of their term of service:
The volunteer tends to put more effort into their work.
The volunteer feels more appreciated.
The volunteer starts to talk positively about the agency/employer that they worked with, when they are with their family, friends or community members.
The agency/employer then develops a pool of credible, reliable, high caliber volunteers that they can call upon.
The agency/employer can tap into more grants from charities and government agencies.
The agency/employer can assist to improve their community and the lives of those living in that community.

Just my opinion....

Win-win.
I am all for win-win.