One of my biggest concerns, and the biggest concern of a lot of Conservatives, has been that they're just building more bureaucracy. They're building another layer onto a layer. No one from the Liberal side has been able to explain what Build Canada Homes is going to do that CMHC and the Canada Lands Company couldn't have already done. This is one of those pieces...why they couldn't have created some change. All I've seen from my lens is further delays, because now people don't know where to go to apply for the next big project for affordable housing. They don't know who to talk to or what the process looks like, which means further delays in getting people into those houses.
I'm from Fort McMurray. I've seen booms my entire life. I've seen boom, bust, boom and bust. I thought this was normal. It turns out that it's not normal for most people across Canada. I've seen a community that's been able to rise to the occasion and get things built. It really bothers me that this government promised to get things built, yet we've seen, effectively, no completions, just lots of announcements and reannouncements.
Mr. Irwin, what are you seeing in the rental space? Are you seeing completions come through because of Build Canada Homes?