Thank you very much.
Through you, Chair, I thank Mr. Irwin and Ms. Whitzman.
Again, it feels like we're coming full circle in some ways. I remember having some questions for you that I never got to ask last time. I want to pick up on some of them, as well as starts.
Ms. Whitzman, you talked a lot about the missing middle in your book Home Truths. I'd like to talk about the missing middle today in terms of a couple of population demographics.
A lot of our housing conversation here is focused more on urban areas. As a steadfast rural advocate, I'd like to ask about how the missing middle challenge differs in small towns and rural or smaller communities.
What do you feel federal policies could do to help address some of these unique needs? I know, through Build Canada Homes, that some smaller communities were a bit resistant in terms of carve-outs or how much attention they were going to get. I'm looking at whether there are policies we could be using to help support some of our smaller and rural communities.