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-- September 2013, (Article Katimavik)

Katimavik Elimination, protests, and restoration attempts
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The conservative party encountered protest from politicians and supporters of the program soon after the budget was announced. An Ontarian mother, Colleen Cleve attempted a Class-Action lawsuit on behalf of the 600 Canadian youths who were selected but retroactively denied. Her two children among them. She states that the Federal government prematurely revoked and reneged on the contract with the youths, as the government funding was scheduled to expire in March 2013 a year later.

NDP MP Charmaine Borg embarked on a cross country tour to raise awareness and rally support in 2012. She has also introduced bill 352 to restore $15M CAD Federal funding to the program.

(Also needed Is that "some funding" has returned.

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(Paragraph)Katimavik alumni groups and supporters throughout Canada have been actively working towards designing unique solutions to restore Katimavik-like programs and projects.

A Katimavik affiliated program, 'Volunteering to Independence Program' began in September 2013 where youths from Ontario were dispatched to Peterborough. The program varies from the standard Katimavik as the program has no rotations and participants are from Ontario rather than across Canada.