Mr. Speaker, temperatures are plunging in northern Canada and the ongoing housing crisis on northern reserves is putting families and children at serious risk. Carol-Ann Ballantyne lives in a mouldy trailer with three children in Pelican Narrows, Saskatchewan. For years she has pleaded just for a simple home to keep her children safe and warm, but to the Liberals, she is just another name on an ever-growing backlog of heartbreak and homelessness in the north, a crisis they continue to ignore.
I have simple question: Why is the government refusing to help this family? Why is it refusing to step up and deal with this crisis?