Thanks very much, Mr. Chair.
We heard today that spending on housing is non-inflationary. Incidentally, today is not the first time we've heard these things. We've heard that there are ways in which the government can actually leverage public land, not only to build housing but also to improve its financial position on the ledger through leasing, for example. We know that new housing projects can leverage market rent in order to make deep affordability possible for other units.
I'm curious to get a quick survey of our witnesses today. As much as addressing the housing crisis costs money—and I'm not trying to gloss over that—it sounds to me as though the financial resources do exist to address the problem. Is it a problem, principally, of getting access to financing, or is it a problem of political will and getting long-term funding commitments out of the federal government, and getting governments on the same page to get the administrative ducks in a row to be able to mobilize a sector that is clearly ready to deliver on the housing that Canadians need?
We'll start with Ms. Houle and take a quick answer from each of our witnesses.