Thank you, Dan.
You know, and I think we all know, that to see young Canadians or women living in circumstances of family violence, or indigenous Canadians with handicaps and disabilities, or Canadians with mental health issues and addiction issues living in unaffordable and unsafe housing, or finding themselves on the streets, means that Canadians.... One homeless Canadian is too many in our society. This type of investment is.... In fact, we have increased for the first time in 20 years the budget of the homelessness partnering strategy.
We're going to invest $2.2 billion over the next 10 years to support housing investments that will make a difference in the lives of many Canadians and reduce chronic homelessness by at least 50%.