Finance committee  Thirty-five per cent are in residential construction compared with 12% in non-residential and 16% in industrial construction. It's a huge enabler to the economy and to well-being that is often overlooked, but it is about jobs and the economy.

Finance committee  I would agree with Kevin. This isn't going to change the situation in Alberta,. As Kevin said, people are being laid off. Small contractors are going out of business. This will not be the fix for that. The only thing that is going to turn this around is a restoration of consume

Finance committee  Well, one of the opportunities we have in Alberta is to work with credit unions and Alberta Treasury Branches, our provincial financial institutions. However, because of the way national banking rules are written and federal policies are written, there isn't that avenue to create

Finance committee  I'm completely in agreement with what Kevin said. It's great to be addressing the entry level, getting out of rental and into home ownership, but it's equally important to serve the entire housing continuum and create programs that allow people to continually and moderately upgra

Finance committee  I'm ready to go. Thank you very much for including me in today's meeting. My name is Carmen Wyton and I'm the CEO of BILD Alberta, which is the Building Industry and Land Development Association of Alberta. BILD Alberta represents more than 1,800 member companies involved in re