Thank you so much, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to all our witnesses.
I thank them for presenting the views of their members, their industries and their companies.
My question is going to be principally, as you would imagine, reflecting the department I represent, the construction industry. I know we've spent a lot of time thinking about how we manage through this crisis and how we manage to emerge from the crisis. I would simply point out, colleagues, we have had a remarkable run of operating safe and secure work sites. I say that, of course, in the knowledge that we need to continue to be vigilant, but the federal construction projects, and construction generally, have been operated in a safe manner. I think history will record that even in the worst days we were able to maintain the very important project on Parliament Hill in operation.
I want to thank Madam Van Buren and her membership for their leadership in proposing protocols and measures respecting the safe operation of construction sites.
My question will be for Madam Van Buren.
I know your statement contained some information on this, but perhaps you could give just a few seconds on some of the costs you're encountering, some of the unexpected or important measures I know you're having to adopt that are going to represent cost overruns or cost magnification for the industry as we go through the COVID pandemic.