Mr. Speaker, I have a petition from more than 300 citizens of Peterborough who are concerned about social housing in Canada, particularly co-op housing.
The petitioners point out that Parliament is negotiating with all provinces to assume the administration of all social housing. The government of the province of Ontario has not respected its legal operating agreements and it has said publicly that it wants to sell off public housing. The co-operative housing sector is unique and separate from all other social housing.
Therefore, these petitioners call on Parliament to recognize the co-operative housing sector as a unique and separate entity from all other social housing and that Parliament seriously consider the transfer of the administration of co-operative housing to a non-government organization as proposed by the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada.
I endorse that petition myself.