Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I know that you know that I feel strongly about the fact that this witness was allowed to get away with twice refusing to appear before this committee. I also know that the Liberals and the Conservatives teamed up to give this person a free pass and opened the opportunity for them to send a brief.
I think we've seen on CBC that they've been covering the business practices of Starlight Investments. We've certainly seen the displacement and the exploitation of tenants. We're now in a situation where tenants are having to unionize against their landlords. I think that if the Starlight Investments CEO has something to say, we certainly would like to hear from him in this committee in a forum where we can ask him questions.
Equity is in question here. I think there is a class war going on right now between landlords and their tenants. Certainly, I understand why the Liberals and the Conservatives would team up to try to protect these corporate landlords. As an NDP member, I will not accept a submitted submission written by someone who twice refused to attend this parliamentary committee, right in the face of Canadians who are right now living in cars because of the practices of these types of landlords.
Thank you.