This question is for Mr. Campbell from the Canadian Retail Building Supply Council.
In your document, you talk about forecasts and the downturn that the home building sector will experience in the coming years, for various reasons. You cite the report by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. I am concerned about the lack of affordable housing in the country. This shortage is responsible for a lot of homelessness. People do not have the means to house themselves. That is a problem.
Do you feel that the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, which has accumulated an $8 billion surplus, could play a more proactive role? According to the information that we have been given, the money in their coffers far exceeds what they need to deal with contingencies.
How you would like Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to use that surplus to stimulate the building of affordable housing, and by doing so, increase construction activity?