Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I have just one question for Mr. Shapcott, and after that I'd like to share my time with Mr. McKay.
Your comments about the housing situation and homelessness are, if anything, in one sense over-optimistic, I think. The budget makes it pretty clear that both of those activities are endangered species for the federal government in the section of the budget that talks about activities that perhaps should not be in the federal domain at all, not to mention the finance minister's previous life, in which he advocated that homelessness be made a criminal offence.
My question to you is, how important is the contribution of the federal government to homelessness and social housing today, and what would be the implications if the federal government simply withdrew from these areas?