I would add that the Standing Committee on Finance is probably familiar with last year's Scotia Bank report and the Royal Bank of Canada's more recent report.
Housing advocacy groups like FRAPRU and a number of other groups across the country are not the only ones calling on Canada to build significantly more social housing as a way to help resolve this crisis.
Now we have banks—including the Royal Bank of Canada just last week and Scotia Bank last year—clearly saying that a massive investment in social housing, through targeted government measures, is necessary if this crisis is to be resolved.