Thank you to the witnesses for being with us today.
I may come back to you, Mr. Gladstone, but I really want to thank you for raising the issue of unhoused people with special needs. They too need supports to help them get off the street.
Ms. Lloyd, your story is inspiring. Your model of providing youth with a place to stay, supports, and an alternative to life on the street is wonderful. I hope I'll have time to ask you questions.
I'm going to start with you, Ms. Savage.
We can't wave a magic wand to solve the homelessness crisis. That is what I've taken away from everything the witnesses have told us since our study began.
It's a good thing that the government is working to address social, community and affordable housing through Build Canada Homes. However, July 1 is two weeks away. The City of Montreal tripled its homelessness budget, and just this morning, Quebec announced that it was putting an additional $12.5 million towards the problem.
The encampments program was simply extended for two years.
With July 1 approaching, do you think more money should have gone to the program given the growing demand?