There's nothing “Soviet-style” sounding in that to me.
The irony is Mr. Poilievre's concern about co-ops being a “Soviet-style takeover of housing”, which they're clearly not, while he seems to be okay with a “Soviet-style takeover” of Ukraine. However, that's a conversation for another day.
Mr. Ross, could we talk about the GST rebate for a moment and how that is going to impact housing supply? We all know housing supply is one of the key reasons we've seen the price of housing go up. The GST rebate is focused on purpose-built rentals. We've had witness after witness come forward here at the finance committee and tell us the GST rebate on purpose-built rentals will help increase the supply of purpose-built rentals. Obviously, all things being equal, if you increase the supply, that should help with the price of housing.
I'm wondering what your thoughts are on this. If you build more purpose-built rentals and folks move into the new rental units that are constructed, presumably they vacate other units—other forms of housing of all kinds. Do you think the GST rebate will impact the pricing, the affordability or even the supply of other forms of housing outside of purpose-built rentals?