Mr. Speaker, I wish to commend the hon. member on her clear presentation on poverty issues.
I would like her to get into the problems in connection with housing in particular, because we very recently received a new report from the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada on the number of households in difficulty. If I am not mistaken, 1.85 million Canadian households, or more than 3 million people, are in core housing need.
The hon. member talked about the situation in Toronto. In this report, I notice that the situation is pretty much the same across Canada and very poorly addressed.
I would like the hon. member to explain how important housing is in connection with the poverty of households, particularly single parent ones.