Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Bibeau, I'd like to continue with you, because I think it's important to discuss issues that highlight just how much food banks like yours are part of the solution. I want to put this into a broader perspective—namely, that programs are becoming less and less suited to the reality of people on the ground. We know that the profile of people seeking food assistance has changed dramatically. One in five people has a job. People are turning to food banks because rents are now too high.
We can pour billions of dollars into building housing, but the reality is that it will take time to get it done. In the meantime, people are feeling the impact of all this and are turning more and more to food banks.
What steps should be taken, in the very short term and the medium term, to reduce wealth disparities and reestablish an adequate social safety net?