Mr. Speaker, notwithstanding the pros and cons of the social union, it is clear that we still have a very serious social problem in this country, and that is homelessness. Just yesterday there was a man who died on a heat grate within view of the Ontario legislature.
I ask the Minister of Finance, when will there be a serious national response to the recommendations made by the task force in Toronto on homelessness? When will the federal government assume its responsibilities in this matter along with other governments to make sure that the scourge, the embarrassment, the shame of homelessness is once and for all dealt with in this country?