Thanks, Ms. Gillis. I'm sorry.
For people watching, we have such limited time, which is why we often have to cut people short.
I would respectfully push back on that response. As somebody who lives in a community whose homelessness has skyrocketed, it feels a bit insulting, to be honest with you, Ms. Gillis, to say that things have had tremendous success.
I'm not finished yet.
I just don't think that's a very compassionate or realistic approach. It feels a bit like toxic positivity, if I'm going to be honest with you.
Moving on, as of Friday, October 27, 2023, funding streams for Reaching Home.... “Reaching Home has 4 regional funding streams that provide funding to communities to address local homelessness needs.” The designated communities funding stream is closed. The indigenous homelessness funding stream has no way to apply. The rural and remote homelessness funding stream is closed. The territorial homelessness funding stream has no way to apply.
Ms. Gillis, how do you expect to have such a successful program when people who need this the most can't even apply for it?