Thank you for that question. I'd love to do that.
Many women's shelters are indeed eligible for funding within the $1 billion that Build Canada Homes has for supportive and transitional housing. Many use the term “shelter” more broadly, particularly in Quebec. In practice, most women's shelters operate as supportive and transitional housing.
If a women's shelter operates as transitional or supportive housing, it meets the eligibility criteria for this funding. We are working very closely with the women's shelter community, particularly in Quebec, to ensure that this eligibility is clear. There are significant needs there. We have to make sure they are addressed.
The national housing strategy has delivered, I think, over 15,000 shelter spaces, and shelters and transitional homes have been created through it in recent years. We need to continue that work, and Build Canada Homes will have an important role to play. It's critical that those women's shelters know that they're eligible if they're operating as transitional or supportive housing providers.