I think housing is the central challenge in Canada right now. That's one reason we shouldn't have underused housing in Canada and homes lying empty when Canadians need homes. It would be good if the Conservatives shared that view. What we also really need to do is get more homes built faster, and we're doing a lot to make that happen.
I talked about the housing accelerator fund. We have deals in place for the whole fund as it currently exists. That's going to get 100,000 more homes built. We have topped up the apartment construction loan program with $15 billion. There's a total of $40 billion in that program. That will get 100,000 more homes built. We have lifted the GST on purpose-built rental housing, and in this measure we will lift the GST from new co-op housing developments. That's really important.
The Canada Infrastructure Bank, which was mentioned earlier today, does have a role to play too in getting the infrastructure built that we need in order to get more homes built. I want to offer a factual correction to a misunderstanding—maybe I'll be generous and say that—that seems to underlie some of the Conservative questioning. The Canada Infrastructure Bank, of course, is the responsibility of the Minister of Housing. It's not part of the finance responsibilities.