Maybe it was just me. I was hearing a very loud echo of myself when I started to speak, but that's not happening now.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to Ms. Houle, the federal housing advocate, for the work that she and her office do and for her presentation today.
I'm particularly interested in the issue around the financialization of housing and of course the impact that she's already laid out. My questions are going to be centred around what actions can be taken to address this, particularly as it relates to the housing crisis we're faced with.
The community has called for a moratorium to be placed on the acquisition of housing by, for example, real estate investment trusts or other corporate landlords. Is that something that, in your opinion as the housing advocate, the government should act on? Would that actually help address the financialization of housing?