Thank you.
The federal government invested a lot in social housing before the 1990s, in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. There was a pause in investment around 1993, hence the national strategy that was launched five years ago. Indeed, it had been 25 years since the government had invested in social housing.
According to a report by the Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain, or FRAPRU, in Quebec, with which you are no doubt familiar, if the government had not stopped investing, we would have 80,000 more social housing units on the market in Quebec alone right now. We can certainly say that we would have fewer problems related to the scarcity and affordability of housing in Quebec if these units had been built.
Isn't this precisely proof of the importance of the federal government's commitment to the construction of social and affordable housing in Quebec?