Thank you, Chair.
Mr. Bourque, thank you for being here today. Looking at the Canadian housing market, obviously we had some imbalances in the system, I would argue. After having done the housing affordability caucus with my colleagues, it was apparent that we have a very sound and secure housing market, and we want to ensure that. We also want to ensure that Canadians who wish to enter the market at a point in time are able to do so, including middle-class Canadians, millennials, new immigrants, self-employed folks.
Our government has taken this issue on very seriously. Today the Prime Minister spoke at the Canadian Home Builders' Association conference down in Niagara. We know how important the whole real estate continuum or the whole housing market continuum is to Canadians from coast to coast to coast. It was apparent that there were some imbalances in the market and that actions needed to be taken by pertinent government agencies. Would you agree with that?