Thank you very much. It's good to be here.
Thank you to all of the witnesses today.
My first questions are for the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada.
I normally sit on the housing committee, and we just completed a housing study where we heard from a variety of witnesses who were talking about the Liberal government policies administered by the government's housing agency, where there was a lot of extra red tape and costs specifically having to do with, for example, building requirements that were above meeting building codes and additional types of costs like quantity surveyors or energy consultants, which might be difficult, especially in rural areas. These all add a lot of costs. We had witnesses say that this could add tens of thousands of dollars to any project. A lot of these are also in addition to normal building and even occupancy permits.
My question for you is this: Is this anything that you've seen and experienced, that some of these extra policies might be adding to costs when you're trying, through those you represent, to build affordable housing? That's my question to you.
Thanks.