Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On June 17th, 2022. See this statement in context.

June 17th, 2022 / 2:15 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Thanks, Joël.

I want to stay with immigration. I want to start with the premise that the lack of housing affordability is a challenge to our competitiveness. It's straightforward. It's harder to attract individuals if we have unaffordable housing—unaffordable child care, as well, but let's stick with housing.

When you are looking at your strategic policy and planning, of which you're the director general, what conversations do you have with provincial counterparts to ensure that our immigration strategy is consistent with provincial housing strategies?

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