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Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2) and the motion adopted by the committee on Thursday, February 3, 2022, the committee will resume its study of the housing accelerator fund.
I would like to welcome our witnesses to begin our discussion with five minutes of opening remarks, followed by questions.
We have Cathy Heron, president of Alberta Municipalities. We also have Jason Thorne, general manager of planning and economic development, and Edward John, director of housing services at the City of Hamilton. They will both be giving statements, because they were both to appear at two different times on two different issues, but they're both appearing today. From the Regroupement des offices d’habitation du Québec, we have Madame Demers, general director, and Coralie Le Roux, senior adviser.
We will start with the Alberta Municipalities for five minutes. Madam Heron, you have the floor.