Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the question from my colleague across the way and the work that she does here in the House as a member.
I would like to reiterate what I said earlier. We talked to a lot of organizations, residents, and people who work in the field. They asked us first for a national housing strategy and second for a long-term vision to develop that strategy.
They did not want us to invest large sums right out of the gate, but rather to set up a very stable system over 10 years. That is what we heard from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and that is what we delivered in this budget.
If we decided to expand the period, it was so that, for the first time in 25 years, we could have a system to develop a national housing strategy.