Hello and thank you very much.
My name is François Vincent and I am the policy director of the Association des professionnels de la construction et de l'habitation du Québec. With me is Georges Lambert, our senior economist.
Founded in 1961, the APCHQ now represents 17,000 small and medium-sized businesses in the construction and residential renovation sectors in Quebec. Appearing before the Standing Committee on Finance today allows me to present their views. Thank you very much for this opportunity.
The APCHQ maintains that we must focus on the real estate market and access to ownership.
I invite my colleague to give you an overview of the situation, which is explained in detail in our brief.