Status of Women committee  Elsewhere in Canada, wait times vary with the cities. It's not uncommon for people to wait years for a social housing unit. Very briefly, I was in Manitoba last week where I heard a story from one housing provider who said that there was a senior woman who had been waiting for

Status of Women committee  Women obviously have substantial social housing needs. I think the challenge facing many women fleeing violence is the added—and I'll choose my words carefully here—pressure of having children with them. Given that a lot of the available units may be smaller—a bachelor or a one-

Status of Women committee  Just to clarify, the national housing strategy announced in November 2017 by Minister Duclos was an absolutely groundbreaking moment. We welcomed it. We worked very closely on it with Minister Duclos and CMHC. It reinserted the federal government into social housing and that alon

Status of Women committee  Just on the question you asked about home ownership, that's a very North American concept as well. In Canada, about 70% of Canadians are in the private home ownership market. About 25%, give or take, are renters. In comparison, in many European countries—take Germany, for example

Status of Women committee  I'll start and then ask Ms. Krzeminska to continue if she has anything to add. There's no question, as we said in our notes, that the housing challenges facing indigenous peoples, particularly in urban settings, are much greater than those facing the non-indigenous population. T

Status of Women committee  First, I'm very impressed that you unearthed a study that we did in 2002 and that I don't think I've seen. As you know, Madame Sansoucy, a couple of months ago the federal government announced a national anti-poverty strategy that built on the measures that have been announced

Status of Women committee  Our association has no specific recommendations on seniors. With seniors, women fleeing violence, LGBT or veterans, for us, the link that we find that runs through all of this is the need for greater supply. As we said in our opening statement, shelters are a band-aid solution.

Status of Women committee  As you know, under the national housing strategy, the largest single program under that strategy is the national co-investment fund, which is the $16-billion fund that invests in both repair and renewal of existing stock and building new stock. One of the requirements that the fe

Status of Women committee  If you don't mind, I will answer in English. It's absolutely essential that provincial strategies are aligned with the federal strategy, and that the federal strategy can provide tools for funding and for other purposes to the provinces and territories. The municipalities are

Status of Women committee  In the midst of all this, we should of course point out that in November 2017 the federal government unveiled the 10-year, $40-billion national housing strategy that includes a suite of policies and programs designed to support the existing social and affordable housing stock and

Status of Women committee  We're almost there. We presented various options in our brief to the Standing Committee on Finance, and we would be pleased to discuss them today it Third, the federal government must invest in the social supports that women fleeing violence require in combination with safe and

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for this invitation to appear before you. We are very pleased to be here with our colleagues from the Horizon Housing Society, and we are going to restate many of the points raised by Ms. Jileckova and Ms. Litz. We are here today on behalf of

Finance committee  As I mentioned, the most significant program in the national housing strategy is the $16-billion co-investment fund, which essentially will fund payment for repairs and renewal of the existing housing stock. One of the requirements for housing providers to receive funding under t

Finance committee  Thank you for your question. If you don't mind, I will answer in English. This is the first national housing strategy that we have seen in generations. There is some debate among academics on whether this is the first in history or not; I'll leave that to the academics. Clearl

Finance committee  Thank you. It's interesting and it's great to hear that you met with those advocates in Burnaby. There was just the discussion about the private market and home affordability. Yes, of course that's important, and for many Canadians, yes, home ownership is a dream. However, we al