Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I'd like to thank my colleague from Mirabel, Jean‑Denis Garon, for kindly being here while I was giving a speech in the House.
I'd also like to thank the witnesses for being here. I have read a bit about the work they do. It's a bit unusual. In all transparency, I admit that I didn't hear all of their opening remarks, but I had still done some research beforehand.
Thank you very much, Ms. Hannaburg, for being here with us.
I'm going to start my questions with Ms. Torres.
Thank you for all the work you're doing while this study is ongoing, which explains the study's importance. I'm very happy to be able to return to the topic of today's meeting, because it's a particularly hot topic right now.
Some figures came out in July, between when Parliament recessed and when it resumed. The figures showed that there had been an increase in homelessness, particularly among senior women, who simply can't make ends meet anymore. We could come back to the specific issue of senior women, but this study also talks a lot about shelter capacity. However, as we know, a shelter is not permanent housing, by definition.
Does part of the intake capacity problem stem from the fact that women who would be ready to leave a shelter have no other affordable housing to go to?
If you also have anything specific to say about the situation of senior women, I would leave you to speak to those issues.