Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
My first question goes to Mr. Beauchamp from the Canadian Real Estate Association. At page 11 of the submission that was presented to the committee, you mention the Energuide for Houses and you state that:
The Canadian Real Estate Association recommends that the federal government restore funding for the EnerGuide for Houses and the EnerGuide for Low-Income Households as part of its “Made in Canada” plan for climate change.
If you want the program to be reinstated, I suppose it’s because you think it’s efficient, and that is contrary to the present government’s position. If you had to measure the EnerGuide program’s efficiency — and perhaps you have done so before presenting this recommendation —, how would you proceed? Would you calculate the cost of reducing a certain quantity of greenhouse gas emissions or would you use the allotted ratio for the program’s evaluation costs as compared to the total envelope?