Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My thanks to my colleague Mr. Collins for this motion. It deals with a matter that I work on every day and that is really important to me.
We can see the housing crisis all over the country. My thanks to my colleague Mr. Jeneroux for introducing this amendment.
I have a thought, though. The minister will be coming to the committee to talk about his mandate letter. Currently, the Standing Committee on Finance is also conducting a study on housing. So I would like to propose that, this time, we remain focused on what is coming, on the future needs, specifically those designed to meet the needs of the program, as my colleague states in his motion. I would be very happy to support my colleague in a future motion. It could well give us a another perspective when we have read the results of the study by the Standing Committee on Finance and when we have heard from the minister.
Today, we have to quickly agree that the needs are there. Programs must be implemented. A lot of housing is needed. We have work to do, together with the municipalities. The housing accelerator fund is more needed than ever.
I would also like to thank my colleague for the interest he is showing in the issue of housing. I know that he has introduced two motions on the issue. Once again, I will be happy to work with him on a future motion. In that motion, we could hear from witnesses from the Société d'habitation du Québec, without unduly broadening the motion to the point that we lose sight of what we want to do with the housing issue.