Madame Chair, if I might, I have some concerns.
I want to begin by saying I appreciate the efforts to answer the questions, but there are some things from my last question that disturbed me profoundly--the notion, first of all, that somehow or other we've created this regime of child care, when we have created no spaces; and that this new employment is a miracle, when we know that a lot of women are working two or three jobs, because the reality is they are working low service jobs.
But what is most upsetting I think to me is the issue of housing and the efforts made to house homeless people, particularly vulnerable women. I must tell you that in my riding there are 10 programs, and they received half the money this year that they received last year, and as of February and March, they've begun to close, and will all be closed by September 30. This is not the support I was looking for.
I wanted to put this on the record, because I think it's important that people, and this committee, know what is happening.