Clearly, municipalities will never be able to foot the entire bill on their own.
In fact, funding was announced just today for infrastructure projects in Quebec. We're talking about a budget of $2.7 billion. You will understand that we're a long way from 10% of what could be funded.
As long as we're unable to develop due to infrastructure issues, we can't build and we can't solve the housing crisis. That's why I often say we need all types of housing. Some of our members some provide non-market housing, some provide student housing and some provide private housing. We know that we need all types of housing right now, and more affordable housing.
To achieve affordability, we have to stop saying that we're going to impose a small additional development fee on developers who pay it. That's because, at the end of the day, it's not the developer who will pay—it's the future tenant and the future homeowner.
