Thank you, Chair.
I'll begin with a repeat of the last sentence:
f) Prime Minister Mark Carney is building an economy of bailouts and handouts to Liberal insiders, while creating higher costs, debt and taxes for everyone else;
The committee, during the summer adjournment, undertake an urgent study into the Canada- British Columbia partnership on condo conversion, with no fewer than six meetings dedicated to this investigation, and, for the purpose of this study, invite the following witnesses to appear:
i. Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure;
ii. Christine Boyle, Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs for British Columbia;
iii. Ken Sim, mayor of the city of Vancouver;
iv. Build Canada Homes;
v. BC Housing;
vi. Bob Rennie, often called Vancouver’s “condo king”;
vii. Duncan Wlodarczak, chair of the Liberal Party of Canada in British Columbia and chief of staff for Onni Group;
viii. The Urban Development Institute;
ix. Concert Properties;
x. Brookfield Asset Management;
xi. Organizations that advocate for affordable housing and on behalf of homebuyers; and
xii. Other witnesses as may be proposed by members of the committee; and
The committee order the federal government and the Government of British Columbia to provide the committee with any agreement made between the federal government and the Government of British Columbia related to the Canada-British Columbia partnership on condo conversion, and any agreement between either government and any developer or lender related to the Canada-British Columbia partnership on condo conversion immediately after any agreement becomes finalized.
