Thank you both MP Vaughan and MP Young for your comments.
Mr. Vaughan, first off, regarding Winnipeg, I fully take your point. I believe that this is a national program and our focus should be nationally. That's why when I originally asked you about this in the House of Commons, I asked for a full regional breakdown.
I will note that I'm asking for one-hour meetings: one one-hour meeting a month. However, if the Liberals were to be in favour of supporting this motion and I pushed our first meeting, say to the end of November, I would be very amenable to such an amendment to the motion to make sure this is on the table. I believe with the motion just adopted that this coincides with the other work this committee has prioritized.
Again, extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. I think this is a very reasonable motion, on a very unique government program, that requires this committee, in the spirit of a minority Parliament, to work on behalf of Canadians to ensure that $1 billion spent is being used in areas that are most in need of housing right now. That is my main objective.
Thank you.