Absolutely.
We saw in budget 2024 that there were lots of new initiatives and continued initiatives, which is very positive. One thing that I'm hearing back from all the sectors is that this investment can't fall off the cliff. If it's just an injection, drop by drop, organizations that do this work on the ground can't hire and maintain staff and then build trust with people with lived experience and get the results that we want, which is to have people adequately housed under an adequate roof and not just sheltered. That's the end goal for everyone. People are talking about their frustration at walking past encampments. People don't want to see encampments. It's not about pushing them further along out of public view; it is about investing in people.
To invest in people is also to invest in the non-market sector. Again, over the past 30 years the levels of government that have been investing in non-market housing, which is very little, have been doing so drop by drop, and therefore we've lost the capacity.
John Gordon has spoken about that also in the indigenous housing sector. We need 30 years of promises of continued funding. Quebec was a great example until the last, I would say, five or six years. They had invested in their non-market sector. André Castonguay was here last week to speak about that, and how important that is, and I'm sure Véronique Laflamme will be speaking about that. It's not just about money for construction—