Public Accounts committee  We've done point-in-time counts in 55 communities, working with our community entities, and overall within the country homelessness has increased. What we've published recently is 12%. We do know that, and that's not unusual coming out of a time of crisis.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. That's a really important partner in dealing with homelessness across the country. I mentioned yesterday that Ms. Bowers and I held a federal-provincial-territorial meeting with deputy ministers of housing across the country with full support and agr

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. We work with community entities and shelters across the country, which provide us with shelter data. We have just received some. The Auditor General rightfully pointed out that, in 2019, we did not get that data. That was because of COVID.

Public Accounts committee  As part of our action plan, we are looking at a more efficient way to capture the data. Right now it comes in different formats from communities and shelters across the country. To do it in a more efficient way, we've actually hired a consultant to look at how we automate it. We

Public Accounts committee  I will answer that question. During that period of time—during the COVID experience—the shelter capacity was reduced by about 30%, so there weren't as many shelter spaces for people to use. That said, temporary measures were put in place. We had 137,000 people avail themselves o

Public Accounts committee  Thank you, Chair, for the question. We have submitted an action plan to address the findings of the Auditor General, which we think are extremely important.

Public Accounts committee  As I said, we agree with the Auditor General's recommendations and we are actioning them.

Public Accounts committee  For senior public servants in the core public service, the Treasury Board Secretariat has a policy that all departments follow in how they approach performance management.

Public Accounts committee  There are different committees at Infrastructure Canada. In the end, the application of individual performance bonuses to individuals would be by the deputy minister, but it is within Treasury Board guidance and guidelines.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question, Chair. We have an assistant deputy minister coordinating committee that has been in place—it meets biweekly—as well as working-level meetings among ourselves to make sure that we're coordinating our programs. Going beyond CMHC and us, CMHC and I met

Public Accounts committee  Mr. Chair, I want to thank the member for his question. We are working with Quebec, which determines the amount of the funding granted that is allocated to the community. We are also working with the province on the Reaching Home program. That program needs more money in order

Public Accounts committee  During the pandemic, we extended the deadline for reports and outputs. We have now started to receive reports from everywhere in Canada. We are working with Quebec to get the outputs.

Public Accounts committee  Under the agreements, the community groups have to have the data and send us the information according by various deadlines. During the pandemic, we gave them an extension because they were very busy.

Public Accounts committee  They are not associated with the federal government, but often with not-for-profit organizations that receive the funds to deliver services in their community.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for the question. The objective of the Reaching Home program is not to build housing. It is to give communities funds so they can deliver services to people who need help to find housing or temporary financial support for housing. This program could also help communit