Yes, absolutely, I can.
In that report, we looked at many different ways that we can understand that intersection of newcomers and housing. We looked at everything. The recommendations include finding ways to decrease the regulation requirements for permits and approvals, but there are even things like looking at the National Occupancy Standard, the NOS. When we're looking at housing and we're looking at newcomers coming in, often we're seeing these almost antiquated housing standards as a barrier for newcomers in accessing housing.
This goes to what Professor Pineau was talking about, the need to have this excessive amount of space, and it's contributing to our housing crisis. If we look at the National Occupancy Standard and understand how families live globally and how families can live successfully globally, we can also start to look at how we can maximize the space that we have so that there are more opportunities for newcomers to be able to access housing and access rental properties and purchase properties.
