I couldn't agree with you more. The Gosselin case left the issue open. We've only had two statements from the Supreme Court of Canada about whether section 7 includes social and economic rights. First was in Irwin Toy, where they left the issue open, and then in Gosselin; eight of the nine judges went out of their way to say they were leaving this open in another case. It was a very specific circumstance related to access to workfare and so on in that case.
It's kind of shocking that in 30 years of the charter we've only had one case in which the court looked at that issue. It's still open, and we haven't had the chance to re-argue it. As was mentioned earlier, homeless people seeking to address that issue in the Tanudjaja case were denied even a hearing on the evidence. So yes, the idea that....
I mean, this is sort of what the program did in the past. There wasn't a specific earmarked amount of funding, but as Bonnie Morton pointed out, it noticed that poverty issues weren't getting the attention they deserved and took measures to work with the communities to bring cases forward. That's what would need to be done.