Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Ms. Houle. As the federal housing advocate, you are making a valuable contribution to the fight against the housing crisis raging across Canada and Quebec.
The housing crisis is widely discussed, and this isn't the first time the committee has studied the issue. Our purpose this time is to determine how we can act and take the right steps to resolve the crisis or, if that's impossible in the short term, at least considerably reduce its extent. You're correct in saying that housing is a right.
I want to thank you for the contribution you've made by publishing important reports, such as those on the financialization of housing. We have adopted strong recommendations on that issue in this committee. The challenge is that it takes a long time for specific measures actually to be implemented. In addition to your annual report, you recently published a report on encampments, and I have a question on that subject.
I think you've really sounded the alarm with all the studies you've done.
When we say encampments, we're also talking about homelessness prevention. On that subject, you have requested that the government prepare a plan on the issue by August of this year.
Has the government responded to your report?