Mr. Speaker, it is kind of sick to think that the Conservative and Liberal governments over all these years have raised the debt in this country to $567 billion.
On the very day of the referendum, the government quietly tabled legislation to increase Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's loan liability by $50 billion, from $100 billion to $150 billion.
I would like to ask the minister of public works why is this government adding a further $50 billion liability to this country and an already overburdened economy, thereby expanding the government's authority in the area of housing?