Human Resources committee  For sure. Right now, in Hamilton, we have, I think, 69 units at one of our transitional housing facilities for women. It is not funded by housing first. It's not seen as a pillar of that, yet that is the place where women are able to get all the supports in lots of the ways we'r

Human Resources committee  We talk about women moving into a first apartment after living in maybe a shelter and then transitional housing. They're so institutionalized that the skill of cooking, for example, is gone by then. They experience things like just staring at a blank wall not knowing where a natu

Human Resources committee  I want to be clear that when I'm speaking about women's homelessness, I'm speaking about single women—not violence against women—86% of whom have children but not access to them. Housing would provide a chance for family reunification. So be clear about that. We need a living wag

Human Resources committee  I think the option is always a good one, and I think communities do need to have responses tailored particularly to their own experiences, yet we are seeing, particularly when you apply a gender lens to this issue.... In Hamilton, the work we've done with this exceptional innovat

Human Resources committee  I'll get you a ticket for the choir tonight, if you like. Brian May, from Queen...you must be pretty good at music.

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Alana. I have a couple of other things that I would like to mention. We have left with you a really great report that we have just completed in Hamilton. It's called a “social audit”. It's an opportunity we had to have 29 people with first-voice experience tell the

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Chair and members of this committee, for the opportunity to present to you today some ideas and recommendations for your consideration as you conduct this national study on poverty reduction strategies. It's our hope that this will inform the national strategy on pover