First, thank you for this opportunity.
The one thing we would want you to pay attention to, which might address some of the issues that my colleague at the end was talking about, is this. We agree with him that there are lots of jobs available in Calgary, and there seems to be a lack of people filling them, but we think there are a couple of things that federal leadership would make a big difference on.
First, the national child care strategy would make a huge difference and pre-empt a large number of women and male parents from being unable to engage in the workforce.
Second, there is a huge leadership role for the federal government to take in affordable housing. If they do so, this would address a lot of the issues for people who are leaving our city. CMHC's statistics show that the migration out of Calgary is increasing, and people are leaving because they can't work here. We're talking about Calgary, but this is going to become a national issue.
Those would be the two things I would say: child care and affordable housing.