Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Ms. Soroka, thanks again for joining us and for sharing your point of view. It's extremely interesting.
That said, I'm now going to turn my attention to M. Edström.
It's true that everyone is just one misfortune away from ending up on the street. In secondary school, I volunteered with Maison du Père. After serving soup, I talked with someone who was unhoused. He was a lawyer who was going through a tough time after a divorce. He ended up on the street. That shocked me. We need to remember that we are all just one misfortune away from the street.
I would now like to talk more about the state of homelessness. Right now, it seems that not a week goes by that I don't see some news or other about homelessness. The Journal de Montréal reported that a record number of seniors are increasingly falling victim to renovictions. Even with a fixed income, new housing can be impossible to find. So, they end up on the street. I'm also thinking about women experiencing hidden homelessness, or victims of spousal violence trapped in a cycle of violence for fear of ending up on the street. I could also talk about the City of Saguenay, which is striving to become a model in homelessness management.
In fact, while we are on this topic and considering your position, are you aware of other Quebec-based models in this field?
To see the kind of news we saw this week, that Saguenay wants to become a model in managing homelessness, only confirms that the problem exists across the region now.