Thank you.
Thank you to all of our witnesses. I know we have only a scarce amount of time, so I'd like to begin with Mr. Woodside.
I'd like congratulate the Federation of Canadian Municipalities for a first-class presentation. Drawing our attention to the housing issues, I think, was very timely. I want to illustrate that and ask you a specific question.
I believe that you've called for a long-term housing plan, talking particularly about the scheduled expiry of $1.7 billion in federal housing initiatives, which you've graphically indicated in your presentation.
I want to suggest how accurate that is for my community. You live in the east; I live on Vancouver Island. The Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness recently released a report saying that 10.9% of Victorians are in what they call severe housing need—more than 50% of their income has to go to housing—and that 27% are in core housing need, wherein they have to pay 30% of their income. Yet the federal government's homelessness partnership strategy discriminates against Victoria because of its arcane funding formula. For example, $4.50 per person goes to our community. Across the strait in Vancouver, it's $9.00 per person, because they go after cities, not regions, which of course is a significant issue.
When you talk about the need for renewing this funding for the housing plan and making that kind of investment, what specifically do you see the federal government contributing? What do you see them needing to do to address these problems?