Yes, I do have concerns about that, and not just about speed.
We can imagine a situation where we have a builder that is going to work with BCH to build some deeply affordable units and some affordable units using modern methods of construction. That builder and developer would be working with BCH, but they may also want to apply for ACLP or MLI select. Now they're having to deal with two different agencies.
If they are using modern methods of construction and need to scale up a factory, they would have to go to ISED or some of the regional development agencies to get that funding, and maybe they would be going to the finance department for SR and ED credits. I do worry that, because so many of these levers are spread across different departments, that's going to cause delay and confusion.
When I was a chief innovation fellow for the Government of Canada in 2017, one of the things I advocated for was a single-window approach, and I would certainly like to see that at BCH. I do worry that we're asking those builders and developers to have multiple points of contact in the system that they're not comfortable navigating.
