Thank you for that.
I want to pivot to an article on CBC that came out this morning. I'll read the title: “Housing starts in New Brunswick lagging further behind Maritime neighbours in early 2024”. Here, I'm going to quote you from about five minutes ago. You said that “true partnership” includes “more than one party.”
True leadership is actually coming forth with programs. I find it curious that last September we dropped the GST on new rental builds, and provinces like Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island dropped their part of that tax also. The stats show that, in the last three months, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island have had triple the new apartment starts. New Brunswick says they can't afford it. I would argue that they can't afford not to do it. Again, it's frustrating to me when we all know that, really, housing is a provincial jurisdiction.
We've shown tremendous leadership in acknowledging that there's a massive problem and coming forth with programs. Minister, I wonder if you could comment on New Brunswick and Premier Higgs not dropping their share of the tax. We can see straight-up the impact that's having.