If colleagues choose to hear what I've said in a particular way, I can't control that, Mr. Chair, but I would share with them a few different things.
First of all, if our side were opposed to the idea of hearing from CMHC, we would have shown that before, but on the contrary, we've backed motions that ultimately brought CMHC here many times in the part of the session that started in September and ran through to the middle of December. There is that to consider.
To Mr. Aitchison's point about the interim CEO, I would prefer to hear from a full CEO when one is appointed. That, I think, is not out of place. Ms. Chabot asked when that appointment would come. I'm not sure when it will come, but I would expect it to come in due course. When that happens, I think we will be able to have a much more substantive discussion on the issues at hand.
Furthermore, because I do remember colleagues around the table—including Ms. Kwan, who is the housing critic for the New Democrats and who has been here on previous occasions, although she's not here today—talking about the importance of rent-geared-to-income housing in all of this, if there's a view that suggests that it should be included as well, I would be open to that. Then we would look at co-op housing and rent-geared-to-income housing, emphasizing the importance of non-market housing. All of these things could be taken up in what I think would be a serious and substantive meeting.
I know Ms. Gray comes to this issue with very good intent and thoughtfulness, but I'm simply seeking to strengthen the motion that was originally put on the table so that we can have a better meeting, frankly, and provide stronger recommendations to the government.