Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
I want to thank everyone for being here. I will not have time to ask you all questions, but I want to say that your testimony is important and it's important for us to hear you.
I am going to start off with Ms. Choo. I'll ask you a couple of questions, although I won't have as much time to hear all of your answers as I'd like. If we don't get through all the answers, please make sure that you respond by following up by email.
First, thank you for your extraordinary work. You do an amazing job in Vancouver in helping settle newcomers to Canada. You're absolutely right that immigration is a key economic advantage for Canada. We are in competition for the best and brightest in the world. We need to make sure we have the right things in place to support them.
I have two questions for you.
Firstly, you talked about how we need more settlement dollars. I wouldn't mind you talking a bit more about that. We're already providing quite a bit of money right now for settlement. Is it just a matter of more or is it different? Could you respond to that?
Secondly, when I was last in Vancouver, a number of innovative housing models were being looked at by organizations such as yours. Is there something more the federal government can do to step up on that front to help with affordable housing for newcomers? I'd be grateful to hear about it.
I have about 30 to 45 seconds for you and then I have to move to the next group.