I can say that the idea of harmonizing building codes is good, if you're harmonizing to a good building code.
We have major challenges right now with the way the building code is being developed, the costs that are implicated. In terms of the 2025 building code, we estimate that the cost for a 2,500-square-foot house will be about $56,000 or more, and that's not including the energy numbers.
If we're going to move to harmonization, which would be great, and if we could also get harmonization right down to the municipal level, because municipalities have all kinds of regulations and zoning and bylaws that prevent us from building the same house twice.... That pursuit is very important, but we have to get what we're harmonizing to right; otherwise, we're not going to get harmonization. You're seeing provinces pull back right now. They're recognizing the costs and implications of a more expensive, complex code.
