Evidence of meeting #116 for Finance in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was federal.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Clerk of the Committee  Mr. Alexandre Roger
Thomas Le Page-Gouin  As an Individual
Joany Boily  As an Individual
Marie-Hélène Gagnon  As an Individual
Marie-Pier Gravel  As an Individual
Julie Bernier  As an Individual
Roseline Roussel  As an Individual
Christian Hébert  As an Individual
Paul Crête  As an Individual
Michel Côté  As an Individual
René Grenier  As an Individual
Hazel Corcoran  Executive Director, Canadian Worker Co-op Federation
Charles Milliard  President and Chief Executive Officer, Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec
Véronique Proulx  President and Chief Executive Officer, Manufacturiers et Exportateurs du Québec
Benoit Lapointe  Co-coordinator, Mouvement autonome et solidaire des sans-emploi
Mathieu Lavigne  Director, Public and Economic Affairs, Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec
Jean Simard  President and Chief Executive Officer, Aluminium Association of Canada
Fabrice Fortin  Director, Government and Public Affairs, Vice-President, Strategic Development, Public Affairs and Innovation, Association des professionnels de la construction et de l'habitation du Québec
Marc-André Viau  Director, Government Relations, Équiterre
Guillaume Tremblay  Senior Vice-President, Mayor of Mascouche, Union des municipalités du Québec
Paul Cardinal  Director, Economic Department, Association des professionnels de la construction et de l'habitation du Québec
Samuel Roy  Strategic Policy Advisor, Union des municipalités du Québec

Noon

Director, Government and Public Affairs, Vice-President, Strategic Development, Public Affairs and Innovation, Association des professionnels de la construction et de l'habitation du Québec

Fabrice Fortin

I would say that stakeholders have to stop shirking their responsibility.

All too often, the ball is tossed back and forth on grounds that responsibility lies elsewhere. These issues have to be addressed head‑on and administered collectively. After all, human beings are involved in everything pertaining to housing.

12:05 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Peter Fonseca

Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Desbiens.

I can't think of a better way to start our cross-country tour than being here in Quebec City in la belle province, except, MP Paul-Hus, if we were here in February for Carnaval and if we had more time. However, it has been great. We've have two excellent panels of expert witnesses to provide testimony for our pre-budget consultations.

On behalf of the finance committee, we want to thank you for your time and your expertise as we get ready for our report and, of course, for budget 2024.

I want to wish everybody an excellent afternoon. Thank you.