Thank you, Mr. Chair.
If I can start off, I'll be sharing my time with Mr. Hiebert. I'll be very brief here. There are just a couple of points I do want to make to Mr. Saillant.
I guess, to hear you speak, you think that the government actually didn't commit $2 billion to social housing over the years 2009 to the end of 2011. I'm not going to take away from the fact that there are people who need housing, but let's at least recognize the fact that $2 billion has gone toward that. That's not to mention some of the social housing projects for our first nations, which are in some pretty dire situations, and many of us as rural MPs have seen that.
I do take exception, and maybe I'm...when you said that homelessness is increasing. Are you meaning just in Quebec? Because we actually had a witness yesterday, from the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, who recognized the investments that we have put in and suggested that homelessness in Canada is actually 1% lower than it was in 2006.
Just quickly, what role can the private sector play in developing social housing? I've heard many people suggest that we need to include the private sector in this.