My constituent Sarah has been forced into homelessness with her six-week-old infant. Sarah is trying desperately to find a space in a shelter—any space. She has been calling shelters consistently for weeks and still cannot get placed, not even with a newborn.

Sarah is here at Queen’s Park today to watch this debate. She wants the Premier to know that she will lose her child if she does not have access to safe shelter and housing for baby Mia.

Premier, where will Sarah and her baby, Mia, be sleeping tonight? Will his budget deliver the money for shelters and real affordable housing? Where will she go? When can she get a permanent home? Can she get one by the end of this week?

I’d like to acknowledge and welcome Amy Collins from the Elizabeth Fry Society of Northeastern Ontario. She’s here with a number of other individuals who are asking to put affordable housing in the Ontario budget for their lobby day. I’d like to welcome Nadine Sookermany from Fife House, as well as her colleague Casey Sabawi.

We are also joined by a number of individuals from Street Haven, a fantastic organization in my community—they are led here by Siu Mee Cheng, who is executive director: Bobbi Gunn, Marcie Pekar, Charmaine Clark, Beth Edward, Nicola Andrews, Meesha Husbands, Jennifer McTaggart, Shanna Humphreys—and I want to extend a very special welcome to Sarah Crosby, who is here with her six-week-old daughter.