Mr. Speaker, I would like to highlight that just on Friday, I was able to make an announcement in Acton in the riding of Halton Hills, which is very close to Milton, with the mayor, Ann Lawlor, and the regional chair, Gary Carr. The announcement was about a project that used three different federal programs: the enabling accessibility fund, some CMHC funding and a reaching home grant. It is more than $2 million in federal funding, adding up to about a $6-million project, which is going to contribute to that community in big ways with 12 fully supportive units, thanks to an organization called Support House.
I would like to highlight Paul Gregory, the executive director of Support House, who did a fantastic job, particularly on the land acknowledgement. He transitioned from the land acknowledgement directly into an acknowledgement that indigenous people are overly represented in encampments and that colonialism has had an impact on first nations, Métis and Inuit folks.
Could the member speak to the importance of using all of these great federal programs to create supportive housing in his riding?