There are two aspects to this. One is that part of it responds to the point made about the situation of Canada as a baby boomer country.
I think first nations represent an important element of the future. The education system, with its need for investment, I would say, would be a critical investment. Among our post-secondary students, who are very interested in further education and training, we have a situation in which we estimate about 10,000 are not able to access post-secondary education funding through the department because of the funding limitations.
I would say in fact that government is at risk in such things as child welfare, where, in effect, by insufficiently funding it, government could be liable for knowingly underfunding these kinds of services.
Having housing fall farther behind is simply a human tragedy in the making.
But the other element is that in order to respond to the crises that come up, and you alluded to some of those crises, the department is forced to reallocate from within to deal with those crises. This simply delays what needs to be done in other communities. It becomes a whole process of problems and reallocation and not really dealing with the issue.
The only comment I can make on the other issue is that what's needed is hope and a plan for the future as a way to deal with it, as opposed to not dealing with it and the current circumstances.