Thank you, Chair.
I want to start off with you, Mr. Beebe. In your opening remarks, you talked about the under 30 crowd being the least engaged.
When I was a young man, the notion that I would never own a home was.... We never even talked about these things. Fast-forward to now, and my kids are in their twenties and well educated. They have the same common problems as do many young people across Canada. I live in a part of the country in which inflation and home costs are not even remotely as severe as they have been in some of our larger urban centres in eastern Canada and along the west coast.
Given this fact, it all boils down to a sense of hope. Right now, I don't think there's a strong sense of hope, because of some of the decisions that have been made.
Is this a factor in any of your discussions, thoughts or studies? The question's for everybody, but I'll start with you, Mr. Beebe.