Government Operations committee  That too is an important question. We've been accused of making a procyclical decision like many other lenders—

Government Operations committee  We do indeed, sir. We do. We're accountable to Canadians, so those accusations are welcome. I say that with my tongue planted in my cheek sometimes. Nevertheless, the—

Government Operations committee  We'll provide an answer in writing. I don't have those exact numbers at my fingertips at this moment.

Government Operations committee  There's no risk to the Bank of Canada. The Bank of Canada only buys mortgages that have CMHC insurance on them, or Government of Canada insurance, so they don't have credit risk associated with that. We are actually reducing our risk as a result of these changes, so that homeown

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Minister. The answer to the prior question is that we have bought $5.8 billion of mortgages thus far under the insured mortgage purchase program, of a total availability of $150 billion, and we tightened our underwriting policies, as many lenders have done. That's bec

Finance committee  We support a huge number of co-operative housing ventures. The Co-operative Housing Federation is a key partner with us in doing housing in Canada. Co-housing is something we've actually looked at as an innovative form of housing, as a way to go. We're looking at what we can do

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Oh goodness, if I could have planted a question, that would have been it. I promise everybody else here that was not a plant. In fact, I was going to say in response to a question from Mr. Poilievre, his questions were so apt because, of course, he was well briefed when he was th

Finance committee  It's kind of you. Thank you.

Finance committee  Thank you very much for inviting me and, Romy, thank you for making sure I didn't screw it all up.

Finance committee  Chair, in response to the question, we are very careful to make sure, with the benefit of private competitors, that this is being priced in a market way. We charge significant premiums, and that's the reason we've returned $17 billion to the federal government over the last 10 ye

Finance committee  That's self-serving misinformation, frankly. It's not a smart thing to do. It's going to cost them more money. I don't know if people think they can negotiate a program with us, but that's not the way the world works.

Finance committee  When we will be publishing information on our website, we will make sure it gets to all members. Please share that widely.

Finance committee  We will, of course, promote it on social media.

Finance committee  Well, that would require conjecture. I will tell you that at CMHC before this crisis, as a result of investments we made in IT and mobility for employees, and also to give them the opportunity to work more closely with their clients, we did have a reduced footprint of folks at