I call the meeting back to order as our time is restricted.
I offer my apologies to the witnesses for the late start, but we were held up with votes in the Commons.
I'm going directly to opening statements.
Welcome to the three witnesses. We have Mr. Éric Cimon, director general, from Association des groupes de ressources techniques du Québec; Jeff Morrison, executive director, from Canadian Housing and Renewal Association; and from the Canadian Real Estate Association, Michael Bourque.
You have five minutes for opening statements. It would be great if you could keep them within that context, to give our members the chance to question you because we will be stopping at about 20 minutes after five.
We'll begin with Mr. Cimon.