I want to point out that, although my Liberal colleagues may not like the slogans, Conservatives have proposed some solutions. We've proposed all kinds of ideas. In fact, it would be a great opportunity for us to have a conversation in the House about the housing accelerator fund, for example, which we've been promised will deliver more homes by doing deals with cities, which I guess the current government has finally acknowledged is part of the problem in this circumstance.
The fact of the matter is that we've asked for the agreements. We don't know what's in those agreements. All we know is what we can highlight from the news media. Of course, when you dig a little deeper, you find out that the cities they've done these deals with are promising to do certain things, but none of that has actually been put in place.
As an example, permitting fourplexes, as of right, in any residential zone requires a zoning amendment change. Not one of those municipalities has actually done that, so I'm actually calling this the “pay for promises” program, which is kind of the way this government operates. We could talk about that in the House of Commons. However, if we had the opportunity to take the minister's comments, report that to the House and actually ask him directly about the pay for promises program, as opposed to the rewarding results program that a Conservative government would offer....
The point, I guess, is that instead of having those debates in the House of Commons, where we're supposed to have them, this government would rather hide behind their procedures and not talk about this kind of stuff in the House of Commons. I find it disappointing that they have such disrespect for the chamber, but it would be a great opportunity to propose some more ideas instead of just more photo-ops.