Thank you, Mr. Chair.
This motion is very important. At this committee, we deal with so many issues that are important to residents in my community and across Canada. Of course, housing is one of them.
Even over the last 24 hours, there have been a couple of headlines. Global News wrote, “Calgary shelter for seniors feels housing crisis pressure”. The Toronto Star wrote, “It’s more expensive to buy a Toronto home now than in January—even after the Bank of Canada’s rate cut”. In Quebec, we saw the Vivre en Ville housing director commenting on the fast-approaching July 1 moving day as being “the worst of our lifetimes.”
This allows us to do important work over the summer. This motion is, in a way, to continue the work we can do in the way of scheduling, fairly, some times that work for everyone. That's why it's non-committal on the specific days and times. It allows for a lot of flexibility so that we can continue to work on solutions for the housing crisis Canadians are facing.
Thank you, Mr. Chair.