Thank you, Ms. Larouche.
I'm going to answer your question a little bit indirectly and go back to a question in the earlier hour.
I think it's really important that in the next national housing strategy there be a reprioritization of provincial leadership in some programs. For instance, Quebec is clearly doing some things right, because it has had the lowest rates of core housing need and of homelessness until recently, when it started to catch up, unfortunately, with the rest of Canada.
However, it is the responsibility of the federal government to show leadership on human rights, with the involvement of every other government. If the federal government were to say that its goal is to end homelessness in Canada—which is eminently preventable and eminently addressable with the right political will—by a certain date and then leave it up to the governments with which it has agreements, including Quebec, that would allow a distinctive Quebec approach that builds on distinctive Quebec strengths.
I'll give one example from Quebec that I've been very impressed by. Mission Unitaînés has replicable seniors buildings in small to mid-sized cities in Quebec such as Mascouche, where it doubled the amount of affordable housing.
It's possible that Build Canada Homes doesn't just have to promote portfolios that are about geographic areas. It could be promoting replicable seniors buildings and replicable buildings for other specific groups. I'd like to see a lot more flexibility around program delivery and a lot more consistency around definitions like affordability and shared goals that are human rights-directed.
I'm sorry if that doesn't directly answer your question, but it gives a sense of the approach that I think might work.
