Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, witnesses. It is good to see you again.
Mr. Haley, last Friday, in the Senate, Senator Mary Coyle introduced Bill S-251, an act to establish a national strategy to end energy poverty. That gets to the heart of what we're talking about here at the ENVI committee. One of the specific objectives of this study is to understand how we make home energy retrofits accessible to low-income Canadians, who are disproportionately affected by higher energy costs.
What does an effective retrofit program look like for a low-income household? What barriers do we need to remove beyond simply providing financing?