With all due respect, Mr. McKenzie, I think you need to have a talk with your colleague, Ms. Goodridge. What we've been doing hasn't been working terribly well. It's time for a reset, absolutely. It can't just be what the CMHC or what the Canada Lands Company was doing in the past.
Having said that, I would 100% agree with you that a reset is needed. I would suggest, as I did in my deputation, that the reset start with very clear goals: We will end homelessness by X date. We will have adequate housing for everyone by X date. That's followed up with a very clear sense of what our definitions are moving forward. It includes assisting non-market housing, with the recognition that even at the highest possible rate I could imagine, which is 20%—it's now 4%—you'd still have 80% to 96% being provided by the private market. Also, it needs to be a lot more comprehensive in terms of its agreements.
There isn't a magic wand. There isn't one simple thing. When you look at what's worked in other countries, it starts with clear goals, clear definitions, clear financing pathways and clear targets for the sublevels of government.
