I appreciate that. Thank you.
I want to start by saying that I really appreciate the candour you've brought to this conversation, Minister. I appreciate the genuine sense of collaboration that you're bringing to this role. I think it's really important that, if we're going to share in the fact that we're in a housing crisis, we have someone in your position open to working together to try to solve it.
I also think it's important to make clear that, as you've said, this is a crisis that's been decades in the making. It's not going to be solved within weeks. I think what is reasonable to expect is to see seeds planted for a solution both in terms of sustained investments and addressing the way that homes have been treated as commodities, instead of as places for people to live.
You and I have spoken about one way to do that, which is to remove exemptions for large corporate investors who have been commodifying the housing market, real estate investment trusts being one example of that. In my view, that is a clear litmus test for being serious about this.
Can you share whether you're going to give this idea some consideration over the coming weeks and months?