Thank you very much, Chair.
Thank you for being here today.
We know that Canadians are in an affordability crisis. Everything seems to be going up, and this is also reflected within housing because the materials that are needed also go up. In April, 70% of the provinces asked to have a meeting because of the carbon tax increase by the federal government. That meeting request was not met, so in my mind it begs the question of how many other things provinces want to have meaningful conversation or consultation with the federal government on, and it doesn't show up or it does what it wants anyway.
We know that wraparound services are very important, and that's what we need delivered in all of our provinces in a way that works cohesively, within all levels of government. You have your municipal level, which is there on the ground and knows what's going on. You have your provinces, which are the ones who are supposed to be distributing these funds, and then the federal government, which is supposed to be there to support if and when needed. If we don't have the ability to fund provinces when they need help, with wraparound services, for example.... Canadians are now spending more servicing the debt of this nation than the provinces are receiving in health care transfers. I see that as money that could be used for wraparound services. That servicing debt money could be used for wraparound services.
Would you agree with that statement?