Finance committee  A Way Home Canada with the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness did up a federal policy briefing some time ago. I think the number on that was around $26 million; I don't have it in front of me right now. But largely to my point earlier, this is looking, first and foremost, at money the federal government and then the provinces in turn are spending anyway to very poor effect.

Finance committee  I have one more point to make. In terms of the mental health and addictions conversation in this country, I think many of us are well aware at this point of the good work done on reducing stigma around mental health and addictions. Many of us in this country are beginning now to turn our attention to the fact that, unless that 100,000-foot conversation begins to play out on the ground affecting the lives of individuals, it's of limited value.

Finance committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to be here this morning. My name is Sheldon Pollett. I represent an organization in St. John's, Newfoundland, called Choices for Youth. It's been in existence for about 25 years. We were created with the clergy of the Mount Cashel orphanage in St.