Our expectations are high. We have already praised the announcements made in the budget, while pointing out their limitations, especially when it comes to the continuation of funding for existing social housing.
We have shown that $30 million for co-operatives and NPOs is a first step, but that only covers a two-year period. We cannot say that it's very reassuring for low-income people living in co-operative housing or not-for-profit housing. Two years go by fast, and only about a year remains at this point. Moreover, the entire affordable housing stock, which is managed by the provinces, has been completely left behind.
Some steps have indeed been taken, but much more will have to be done. That is why we are counting a great deal on the national strategy the government is currently discussing. We want that strategy to actually be a strategy and to be based on human rights, and that includes explicitly recognizing the right to housing in a piece of legislation, such as the Canadian Human Rights Act. In addition, that strategy must be coupled with significant and recurring investments.