As a coalition, we were not affected in any way, and that is the reason why we feel perfectly comfortable appearing before the Committee. The fact is that we are not here to defend our own organization; we are here to defend people with inadequate housing and the homeless in Quebec and Canada. We also support literacy groups and students seeking employment.
However, when there are cuts or when there is a lack of investment by CMHC, that does affect us. Neither myself nor our coalition directly suffers, but people with inadequate housing or homeless people do. The cuts made to the Summer Career Placement program also affect us. Indeed, many member groups of FRAPRU use Summer Career Placement to give students a chance to gain work experience or help out community organizations, since they are able to work more effectively by having an additional employee during the summer.
I would just like to add that partisanship has nothing whatsoever to do with our position, because whatever government is in office, if budget cuts are made that affect people, we will be there to denounce them.