Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Four and a half or so years ago, one of the first meetings I had with then transport minister Marc Garneau was about a federal property on Haida Gwaii, the Sandspit Inn, which is owned by Transport Canada. The community has been trying to get it back into community hands. It was once operated by the community as a hotel. When the lease wasn't renewed.... That process has been ongoing for over four years.
Talking about this desire to reduce the footprint of public sector buildings by 50%, it looks very different in rural communities. A four-and-a-half-year process, which still hasn't been completed, to divest the government of this property that could be used for the benefit of the community seems like a long time. I hear all sorts of stories about studies being done that seem to take forever. There is lots of poking and prodding going on.
With this new mandate to create housing, to use federal properties and to meet community goals, what is being done to accelerate those processes? They seem to go at a snail's pace.