Finance committee  The increase in funding, from $18 million to $50 million, is based on requests that have been received from various groups throughout Quebec. Furthermore, those requests do not even fully reflect all needs. In Sherbrooke, we did not submit any new projects, because we knew there

Finance committee  It is a combination of the two. In Montreal, for example, in 2007-09, half of HPI's budget was spent to renew ongoing programs, mostly in intervention. The other half was spent on new projects, such as capital works, including the renovation of buildings that belonged to communit

Finance committee  Yes, because in Quebec, except for in Montreal, we cannot undertake any new housing project because the budget is not big enough.

Finance committee  Good morning and thank you to the committee members for allowing us to address them. The Réseau SOLIDARITÉ Itinérance du Québec represents some 250 organizations working in the area of homelessness and homelessness prevention. This morning, I am accompanied by Louise Fortin, the