Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to the witnesses.
I'd like to go right to Mr. Pollett.
I really appreciate your comments about the fragmented nature of the system that exists, and not just among levels of government—though there is some fragmentation there, of course.
Interestingly enough, I was just chatting this weekend with the Ontario Associate Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. He happens to be my provincial counterpart in Parry Sound—Muskoka, and he's a good buddy. We went to high school together and have known each other for a long time. I also chatted about this issue with Minister Parsa, the Minister of Children, Community and Social Services. It was Minister Smith who said that the way we provincially fund shelters in Ontario, for example, is that there's often money from one ministry. There is a bit included, as well, for health care, and housing is part of that too. Oftentimes, that money goes to a local service provider like a regional government, as is the case in Niagara. All too often, those funding models are based on the number of beds and don't always take into account everything else that needs to go with that.
I'm wondering if you could speak to what you would do. Let's say you could wave a magic wand and you now run everything in Canada. How would you change the system so that it isn't so fragmented at all levels of government, particularly at those levels of government that deliver this service?