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VULNERABLE366 residents while they wait for adequate, affordable housing solutions. • Ensure no one in Canada is rendered homeless or heavily indebted as a result of the pandemic, providing people expe- riencing housing needs with reasonable financial support to ensure that COVID-19 does not worsen their housing status, poverty, or level of debt. • Immediately appoint, and robustly fund, the Federal Housing Advocate and the National Housing Council to act as gov- ernment accountability mechanisms and to ensure emergent issues are brought to the attention of government. • Ensure any approach to economic recovery includes a com- mitment to realizing the right to housing for all people in Canada, prioritizing the housing needs of those who are most marginalized, including women and Indigenous Peoples.