Human Resources committee  Good morning. Rather than reducing CMHC's budget for social housing, the Parliament of Canada should instead be rallying behind Bill C-285, the private member's bill tabled by Bloc Member of Parliament Christiane Gagnon, which is currently at the second reading stage in the House

Human Resources committee  My colleague talked about an ideological position, and I would just like to add that in this case, that position is based on a lack of awareness or a profound disregard for what is going on and what is being done in civil society, as well as by community organizations. To actuall

Human Resources committee  I just want to add that the current environment is such that we should be investing more in social development. And yet, we see the government making significant budget cuts even as we are swimming in surpluses. Mention was made earlier of the fact that there are 150,000 homeles

Finance committee  Good morning. My name is François Roy and I'm the coordinator of Logemen'occupe, an active member of the FRAPRU, a community activist group that advocates for social housing. Our umbrella association seeks to promote and defend the right to housing for all. It is comprised of 13

Finance committee  The FRAPRU regularly makes representations in order to present our demands. Once again, the content of the current budget is much less than what we are asking for. In our opinion, investment in social housing in Canada should be doubled so as to meet the needs. The problem of ho

Finance committee  Indeed, it applies to every region in Quebec. The CMHC and the Société d'habitation du Québec consider that low-income households are in urgent need of social housing when they have to spend more than 30% of their income on housing. Let us look at the results of the 2006 census.

Finance committee  Indeed, the huge surplus could be used to help address the social housing shortfall in Canada and Quebec. According to FRAPRU, it does not matter where the money comes from, we have to invest more in community and social housing. For years now, we have been asking that investment

Finance committee  In our opinion, it's not an expenditure but rather an investment to foster economic and social development. Investing in social housing, particularly during a crisis such as this, enables significantly more jobs to be created while resolving major problems such as poverty. The f

Finance committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, I would like to clarify that the Federation of Canadian Municipalities has indicated that social housing is a shared responsibility, but that the federal government should play a major role in terms of the housing crisis. We recognize that the Government of Q