Mr. Speaker, I really appreciated the comments of the hon. member for Etobicoke-Lakeshore. I understood, from her remarks, that she really cares about social housing, all the more so since she was director of the largest social housing complex in Toronto for a while. She even said, and I quote: "Adequate shelter is a fundamental right". It is a concern that we share, of course.
However, there is a lot of confusion on the government's part because, even with all the nice principles being laid out, the good intentions and the rhetoric, it seems that we cannot find out what the government really thinks about this issue. A while ago, someone asked if the government was willing to implement a social housing construction program, and we got no answer. Also, when I put a question to the Minister of Public Works, he could not tell me if he is opposed to rent increases for social housing units.
I would ask the hon. member for Etobicoke-Lakeshore if she would agree to rent increases for social housing units in order to pay for the construction of more units.