International Trade committee  I have written countless emails to elected officials, all the way up to Prime Minister Trudeau, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and others who I've been told would have a play in this, including the CRA. In most cases I didn't even receive the courtesy of a reply. In some cases there was an autogenerated reply, “We've received your email, thank you,” and whatever the rest of the language was.

International Trade committee  That's perfect. Thank you. Can you hear me now?

International Trade committee  Good afternoon, everybody. My name is Rob Ketteman. Thank you for allowing me to address the committee on the subject of the underused housing tax. I'm an American whose family has owned a cottage in Crystal Beach, near Fort Erie, Ontario, since 1913. Fort Erie is located directly across the Niagara River from Buffalo, New York.