Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ms. Coombs, I appreciate your testimony very much. Through no fault of your own, I ask this question. Most Canadians will hear “true copy” and have questions about what on earth that means. Could you tell this committee once again and in basic terms what w

Finance committee  Thank you very much. One of your members is 3M, and in London, Ontario, 3M is a very important company. They employ 800 people. I think about what this proposed measure would entail for them from a cost perspective, in particular, as well as for many other companies, not to ment

Finance committee  What was the rationale offered? There must have been some....

Finance committee  What has your organization been told about what this proposed change is going to lead to?

Finance committee  I'm sorry, Mr. Chair, but I have a point of order once again. The honourable colleague is talking about the 1990s and now he's talking about Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. We're here to talk about the BIA.

Finance committee  I have a point of order, Mr. Chair. We're here to focus on the BIA of 2019. What happened under Mr. Mulroney or the senior Mr. Trudeau is really...we can get into a seminar discussion about these things but maybe at a different time.

Finance committee  Yes.

Finance committee  Thank you very much. I just turned 38 a few days ago, so you made me feel young. Forty is two years away, though, so reality sets in. Mr. Milligan, I know the focus of your testimony this morning is the GIS. If I have time I will ask you a question about the GIS, but I do want t

Finance committee  We can talk later on that.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to all witnesses for being here. Mr. Bourque, I'm particularly interested in your points around increasing the withdrawal limit from $25,000 to $35,000 for first-time homebuyers. This is something I know realtors have been pushing for, as you al

Finance committee  I'm glad you raised the example of millennials. I know you're talking about your own sons, but I think it goes to a larger point. There needs to be some myth busting about the habits of millennials. Millennials save, and furthermore, they also want to buy homes. You might recal

Finance committee  Thank you to the witnesses. Mr. Richter and Mr. Morrison, I'm quite intrigued by your testimony on the rights aspect of housing. If legislation were to align with Canada's commitments in our international obligations, the international covenants that we're responsible to, would

Finance committee  What you're saying, sir, is that there has to be a housing advocate who would be independent of the minister, and certainly of the government, and a reporting mechanism that is predictable all the way through.

Finance committee  Amendments to that effect would satisfy some of the concerns you have.

Finance committee  Thank you very much. Ms. Cox and Mr. Thornton, it's nice to see you again. Just for context, Mr. Chair, he chaired a discussion between me and my colleagues in the NDP and the Conservatives just recently. It was amicable, so it was fine. There's a question I have for you. I'm