Mr. Chair, I believe Ms. Chatel has done a good job of summarizing issues that can often exist at the local level. I think that CMHC is not in a position to resolve them, but I think we can provide support by working with municipalities and provinces to make the development process more efficient.
I want to say also that not all municipalities are the same. Some municipalities have taken big steps to improve the development process, but I think that by all levels of government working together, we can work together on it. Some of the barriers could be very simple. In some small municipalities, they may not have enough staff in their planning offices to approve applications. In other communities, there may be a lot of opposition to certain types of development, so there may have to be more educational outreach to community groups.
There are many different issues that can slow down the development process, and I think the solution has to be customized to the situation that exists in each municipality.