Mr. Speaker, the Night Rider program in Thompson provides emergency shelter to people in need. Now it has become the victim of the government's cost cutting. Cuts to transfer payments have left the province, city and surrounding communities searching for enough money to make up for the government's abandonment. Night Rider serves local people as well as some nearby First Nations who rely on it because the government does not provide adequate housing on reserves.
There has already been snow in Thompson and winter temperatures drop below minus 40. If Night Rider goes under, people will die.
Will the government ensure funding for the Night Rider program or will it let Canadians freeze to death on the streets?