 Bonjour tout le monde! I want to begin by thanking the people of Charlottetown and Prince Edward Island for being such wonderful hosts these past few days. I've been on the island already a couple of times this summer and it's such a special part of Canada. We've got the whole team here. We've had a productive retreat and I know we're all really excited for the work ahead. Let me start though with a quick update on the wildfire situation out west and in the north. We're relieved to hear that fires may be coming under control and that critical infrastructure in the northwest territories remains intact. At Monday's incident response group meeting, Minister Sajjan updated us from the ground in BC. We also discussed how to make sure people from the northwest territories can return home when it's safe. The Canadian Armed Forces continue to be deployed on the ground to support and Service Canada is helping evacuees. We're on the ground, we are helping and we will continue to be there. I want to thank all the brave firefighters battling blazes across the country this summer. I want to again thank all Canadians who've stepped up to open their communities, to open their homes to people fleeing in difficult times. Canadians really show who they are when we're constantly there to help out each other. Our government thinks of all the people affected by wildfires. We will continue to follow the situation and we will continue to be there for everyone. The world has faced a lot of shocks over the past few years from the pandemic to Putin's illegal invasion of Europe to global inflation to a worsening climate emergency and Canadians have felt it and are feeling it every step of the way. From the very first meeting of this new cabinet to this retreat, I've told ministers that our most important job is to protect the promise of Canada. To build a society where when people work hard, they get ahead. Where Canadians are safe in their communities and in the world. Where they're secure in the knowledge that the services they rely on from healthcare to income support after retirement will continue to be there for them. Where we're building an economy focused on the middle class and people working hard to join it. We face several challenges, but I can tell you that our team is very motivated. During the summer, we met people all over the country. We listened to them. This week, we had the opportunity to hear from experts. Our priority continues to be to do everything that is in our power so that people can lead the life they want. So let me talk to you about two of our core priorities. The first is the rising cost of housing. Canadians in the middle class who are working hard to join it are up against this challenge, and this is a challenge that's been decades in the making. Our government has been stepping up over the past years. At this retreat, we studied historical trends and data from StatCan's long-form census, which are helping us understand these issues even more clearly. Yesterday, we heard from experts and directly from Canadians who are facing these problems. Everyone agrees that it's a complex issue that requires solutions that bring together all orders of government, the private sector, and the nonprofit sector. From zoning to corporations heating homes as assets to the rising cost of building supplies, there's no doubt that we all have a lot of work to do. Because more and more vulnerable people are at risk of homelessness. The middle class Canadians who want to build equity through home ownership feel increasingly like that dream is out of reach. And now, more and more renters in the housing market means rising demand is causing rent to rise for everyone. So this government is focused on getting more housing built and making sure families have places to grow. According to recent reports, we all have to work together to do more. And we have to do it together at the level of the country. We have to build a housing market that works for people. We all agree that we have to unite our efforts through the housing sector. Our team is determined to continue the work we've already started with programs like the National Strategy on housing, funds to accelerate housing construction that helps to increase housing supply. And the House of Representatives for the purchase of a first property that helps people to spread in view of a fund. As a federal government, we're going to continue working hard and showing leadership to bring all sectors together and all orders of government. Because it takes all of us working together to get this done. To date, we've helped almost 2 million Canadians find a place to call home and we're currently on a path to double construction of new housing over the next decade so we can meet the growing housing needs of Canadians. Secondly, today, I want to talk about another of our priorities to make sure that the next generation of Canadians can succeed. We can't talk about housing costs without talking about the impact on young people. Whether it's property or housing, the next generation lives in a lot of stress with the issue of housing. To young Canadians, I want to say something. You've had two crucial years of adulthood dramatically interrupted by COVID and then you were hit by global inflation and increased interest rates. These events upended your educations, your first jobs, your early years of building a career and a network. So we've been working hard to make sure that our economy has great jobs for you. We've created interest on loans for your education and we're helping you save up to buy a home but we know there's lots more to do. We owe it to you to take action so you can fully benefit from the promise of Canada. So you can succeed and access all the opportunities the generations before you had so that you can have both a healthy economy and a healthy environment with strong, vibrant communities long into the future. As a team, this is one of our top priorities. The members of our Council of Ministers make sure to make all the promises we made to Canadians to continue to offer accessible, affordable and quality through the country. To provide dental care at an affordable price. To strengthen public health care and to continue a real reconciliation with the Indigenous people. We're also tackling climate change across the economy through everything from huge projects that are cutting pollution on an industrial scale to a price on pollution that puts a quarterly rebate worth hundreds of dollars in people's pockets. This summer has been marked by terrifying and devastating wildfires from coast to coast to coast. Unouched fires destroy their homes and businesses and virtually no place in Canada has been left untouched by dangerous air quality due to the smoke. Climate policies are more urgent than ever. Canadians cannot afford leaders who want to roll them back. In these times, Canadians need a government that believes in them and invests in their future. No one, not one that thinks damaging cuts to pollution to everything. Our economy is strong and growing with the second highest GDP growth in the G7 this year, second only to the United States and almost a million more Canadians have jobs than before the pandemic. Wages are going up. Our government is making sure that as our economy grows it remains an economy that works for all Canadians. Canada is the best country in the world. Let's make it even better. Merci.