Community groups and the mayor have sounded the alarm. They need much more predictable and recurrent funding. Mostly, they need help to make it.
I'm going to turn to housing now. Despite the more than $6.1 billion going to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, or CMHC, in 2026‑27, Quebeckers are still struggling to find housing. How many truly affordable housing units are there? That is something many groups involved in the construction of social and community housing have criticized. In Quebec, we don't subscribe to the concept of affordable housing, because it can mean anything and everything.
How many social and community housing units did federal programs help get built in Quebec, and how many will be built in the next 12 months?