I can, absolutely.
It's important not to treat asylum seekers.... Asylum seekers are in a different situation from people who are homeless. Unfortunately, people do wind up on the streets. It was a matter of great discussion with Mayor Chow when I first came into this role. We were able to come to an agreement on making sure that Toronto was compensated.
There is a natural flow of people towards the big city centres. With big airports, such as Pearson and Trudeau, migrants either move into Montreal or flow into Toronto and move increasingly towards Ontario, to be frank.
We have to make sure not only that the Government of Ontario is at the table but also that we are supporting municipalities that are shouldering a lot of this burden without the fiscal levers that provinces and the federal government would have.
I recently visited the Peel centre and then spoke to Mayor Brown as a result of his advocacy to get this centre up and running. It will be a game-changer in the area.
Obviously, the federal government has to do a good job of bringing the asylum numbers down, which are high again this year, but when people come here and claim asylum and don't have a place to stay—it isn't everyone who doesn't have a place to stay—there has to be a place to process them, make sure they have a roof over their head and get them into the job market as they await their due process from the IRB.