Yes, thank you. Just to clarify, Mr. Speaker, the reason Health and Social Services is involved in this conversation is that pandemic response money has been funding the Spruce Bough up to this point, and we have a commitment of that money until the end of September. When it comes to working with entities like the Housing Corporation and the CMHC, then the Spruce Bough will need to do that. They don't need the Health and Social Services as an intermediary. So, really, that -- it all depends on the course of the pandemic in terms of this short-term funding. The funding was provided in order to give vulnerable people a place to live and, particularly, a place to isolate during the pandemic. If it turns out that there -- that there is no longer this need because the pandemic has turned into an endemic situation and we don't have access to that funding, then this is where the rub is, and these housing entities need to come in and support the Spruce Bough. Thank you.
Julie Green on Oral Question 752-19(2): Funding for the Spruce Bough Transitional Housing Facility
In the Legislative Assembly on June 2nd, 2021. See this statement in context.
Oral Question 752-19(2): Funding for the Spruce Bough Transitional Housing Facility
Oral Questions
June 2nd, 2021
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