Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank our witnesses for bringing a Lower Mainland, B.C., perspective to the finance committee. This is extremely important. You've underscored the importance of investments in housing and investments in infrastructure, ensuring that we are actually lifting people up right across the country.
I think the B.C. NDP government has certainly shown the example in terms of both the housing that is being built in B.C., more than in the rest of the country combined, and putting in place a number of initiatives to support British Columbians. This is something that hopefully the finance committee's permanent members will take back to Ottawa as part of their report.
I want to give the final word to the chair of Metro Vancouver. In the final seconds, can you give us what you feel we need to take back to ensure that the needs of the people of metro Vancouver are met?