Thank you, Mr. Chair.
One of the things you said is that we have no plan. We do have a plan. First of all, we have to build homes. We cut the red tape. We encourage builders to build affordable homes so that people have a place to live.
The challenges we're facing today are not in just one area. It's right across the entire country. I spent the week speaking to seniors who now have to sell their homes and move in with their children, because not only can they not afford their home any longer but they can't even afford rent. There are no rental opportunities for them to house themselves.
This is an embarrassing situation. This is not the Canada that our parents and grandparents came to. They came to Canada, a land of promise, and right now that promise is gone. There's no hope. We need to recreate that hope, so why are we not acting more quickly to allow the development of homes so people don't have to live on the streets? I think this is an important issue we all have to face, and we should come together to come up with some solutions.
We have a solution. Let's cut the red tape. Let's build the homes. Let's give people an opportunity to live properly and not on the streets.