Thank you so much, Madam Chair. You're doing a great job today.
Congratulations, Madam Bowers, on your new post.
I just want to build on my colleague MP Dong's comments with regard to the rental construction financing initiative and how it benefited, for the most part, the for-profit sector to the point, in fact, where 90% of the agreements were for the for-profit sector. I will be following up with the non-profit sector in my riding to get recommendations to you as soon as possible from many who felt really left out of the program.
That particular program was also criticized with regard to the whole definition of affordability. For example, in Ottawa, $2,750 would meet this definition of “affordable”. The report highlights projects that were considered affordable but were well above average market rent. This is certainly an issue in the city of Winnipeg and in my riding.
When the government says it has helped over one million Canadians find affordable housing, does this include units that meet the RCFI's definition of affordable, which I would argue is not affordable for many?