Thank you for that, Minister. That's good to hear.
Coming from the municipal sector and having been a member of city council in Hamilton for over 25 years, I know that the supply of housing units, wherever they sit on the housing spectrum, is largely a provincial and municipal process. From the time the application is submitted by the developer to the time it is approved by the municipality—and then whatever happens after that, should there be an appeal to the provincial level—it is largely a municipal and provincial process.
I know you have emphasized today, and in the past and in the House, how the federal government would then insert itself into that process in terms of providing assistance. We watched it recently here in Ontario, when the provincial government created a task force. There are 55 recommendations, I believe, right now that speak to ways and means by which to assist municipalities with increasing supply, to get us to that point where we can start to see prices come down and provide units for people who are in the market looking for one.
Through you, Mr. Chairman, to the minister, can you elaborate on how you and the ministry and the government are playing a role in assisting provinces and territories—but, in particular, municipalities—with that process, which traditionally has been a provincial and municipal one?