Thank you, Madam Chair
I want to thank the witnesses for being here.
My first set of questions is for Ms. Johnston from College and Institutes Canada.
We've been talking a lot in Parliament about building homes, and I have in front of me a report from Colleges and Institutes Canada. Right off the top, it was about equipping Canada's skilled workforce to build the homes. I want to thank you for this report, and it looks like your organization and the people you represent can definitely help with building the homes.
What's interesting is that the Government of Canada has supported a study on how to tax homes, how to get home equity tax out, and they spent $250,000 on this study. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has uncovered this, and we're concerned about the fact that perhaps, on the one hand, it's funding good research and initiatives on the work that you do, and on the other hand, it's exactly the opposite.
Do you think that taxpayer-funded research on how to tax the value out of people's homes is a good use of Canadian taxpayers' money?