You mean in the last number of weeks.
I think they're important. They are going to fundamentally change the ability of the housing sector to produce more homes. I don't think the measures we've announced today in and of themselves will solve the crisis, but without them, I think it would be impossible.
If you'll indulge me for 30 seconds, Mr. Aitchison, the problems you've outlined in your questions are different from those we were discussing back in 2015 to 2017 when we were building the national housing strategy. The motivation behind the national housing strategy was to make up for three decades of governments not investing in affordable housing for low-income families. That's why you've seen the co-investment fund, the rental construction financing initiative and more recently the rapid housing initiative targeting those housing developments that are designed to put a roof over the heads of some of the most vulnerable people in the country.
What we're seeing now is a far more widespread challenge. It's impacting middle-class families very seriously. The change in policy track you would have seen since my appointment as minister is the decided expansion of the range of homes that we're trying to support through new policies, including adding to the supply overall, so there will be a greater ability for middle-class families to find a place to live as we continue to support the development of projects that will keep a roof over the heads of low-income, vulnerable Canadians.