I have the absolute privilege of representing Fort McMurray, which is the town I grew up in. What we've seen for the last 10 years, minus the houses that were rebuilt after the fire, is effectively no homes being built.
What was really interesting in the postfire piece was that one of the biggest challenges some of the people had was that their homes were built in a different era, and rebuilding them to that code was no longer legal. It was a very interesting space. They were trying to figure out how they could rebuild when they were having these struggles between their insurance company, which didn't want to pay for them to rebuild, and the code preventing certain things, which was driving up the costs.
In your comments, you mentioned the building codes and the importance of having the right building code. What would your recommendation be on the current 2025 building code? Would you recommend that the government pause this and relook at some of these things that are, perhaps, just excessive red tape and not necessarily geared towards safety?