Minister, you and I stood in a parking lot for a housing announcement where three buildings heavily supporting Syrian refugees who came to my riding of Coquitlam lost their housing based on a market approach to making land go through a development lens. The developers needed to go for extra density and bonus density. We had to do land transfers with perfectly livable, purpose-built rentals where immigrants who had recently come—refugees who came to this country—were displaced.
I stood in those homes, Minister, and I'm telling you that I've seen on the ground that we are looking at this through a market lens.
I don't have much time, so I want to talk about accessible housing. When I was first elected, I asked an Order Paper question on accessible housing. I asked about what we're losing. CMHC came back and said, “CMHC does not collect data on accessible units that have been lost or decommissioned.”
I would ask the minister if we are keeping track of what we are losing in this effort to fill the supply gap.