Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
I want to say thank you, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, for being here.
Thank you, Deputy Minister Chris Forbes, for being here as well.
As we all do, I'm constantly going out to the residents in my riding of Davenport. I always ask them, “What are your top priorities?” One of the postcards that came back to my office said, “Housing, housing, housing, and did I say housing?”
I know you mentioned in your opening remarks a few things about how housing is a core part of the fall economic statement, and I know that the fall economic statement includes significant funding to help get more homes built faster. However, for the average person in my riding of Davenport, can you walk us through how the measures we have in Bill C-59 will speed up the construction of new homes, not only in Davenport but across the country?