Human Resources committee  I'll start with last part of the question in terms of sustainability. Obviously a lot of community organizations providing housing work on these year-to-year annual budgets, where it's hard to see past the next nine to 12 months. Obviously stability of funding and the ability to

Human Resources committee  I'm very sorry. You were cutting in and out. Could you really quickly repeat it?

Human Resources committee  Obviously, it is absolutely critical. If we're going to stop what we see as chronic homelessness—and I see this every day—of people who have lived for 30 or 40 years on the streets, we need to respond to the needs of people when they are young. We need to have strategies in place

Human Resources committee  Yes, that is correct, except under the Reaching Home funding there is an indigenous component that is still managed by the federal government.

Human Resources committee  I feel like that's a bit of a loaded question.

Human Resources committee  I would just respond to that by saying that when there are these tensions between federal and provincial levels and when there are these complex systems, it's the community groups trying to provide housing, design housing projects and seek funding that suffer from those tensions

Human Resources committee  Yes. I think we only have to look at the case of Raphael Andre to see how systemic racism plays out in the lives of people.

Human Resources committee  The federal government, of course, has different forms of funding, but the provincial government is the main source of funding for community groups like ours. As other witnesses expressed, we need simplified and clear funding systems. In our organization's experience, we often h

Human Resources committee  We need to develop housing programs; it takes more than housing, it takes a program. Housing must meet the needs of individuals as well as those of families. Intervention needs must be considered. We don't just provide housing, we provide intervention, psychosocial and medical se

Human Resources committee  The issue of housing for the urban homeless population needs to be approached from a number of perspectives. People experiencing homelessness in an urban setting are part of a true community, a community of solidarity. We see a lot of interdependence between these people. One of

Human Resources committee  Thank you. I can really only speak to the urban situation. That's where I work and that's what I know best. My work is very much focused in downtown Montreal so I'll speak specifically to that. I would say the housing stock is definitely not sufficient. It's not sufficient in ei

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity to speak to the committee and to present on behalf of Projets Autochtones du Québec. My name is Heather Johnston. I am the executive director of the organization PAQ, as we're called. I just want to clarify that I am not an indigenous p