Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to confirm, in this regard, that the federal government will continue to support and subsidize public housing, at a cost of $2 billion a year. This is for some 660,000 public housing units occupied by over a million families including many natives living on and off reservations.
However, deficit reduction requirements dictated cuts in this sector as in all other sectors, departments and services. The Minister of Finance acted responsibly, and Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation had to accept these cuts.