Mr. Speaker, 410 residents of Rosemont-Petite-Patrie are impatiently awaiting vacancies in low income housing.
In 1993, the federal government eliminated all budgets for the construction of new housing units. The impact in my riding has been catastrophic, and the housing committee can no longer keep up.
How can this government claim to be concerned about young people, when it is leaving thousands of them out in the cold? The Liberals' priority is obvious: this government is obsessed with its visibility.
You can see for yourselves: $17 million for flags; $20 million for the Canadian Information Office; $1.5 million for the tourism contest; $400,000 for commercials that ran only in Quebec; $600,000 for pamphlets promoting distinct society; $550,000 in praise of Canadian passports; $40,000 for propaganda kits aimed at school children; and not one red cent, since 1994, for the most disadvantaged, who are still waiting for decent housing.
What is wrong with this picture, Mr. Speaker?