Mr. Speaker, decent housing is the foundation of decent health, jobs and productivity, and the minister has just said no to this question.
She has acknowledged that alone among the infrastructure programs, social housing is not going to get an extension, but just about everything else is. Among the $400 million, many millions are going to the poorest people in the country on aboriginal reserves.
Why is she signalling out social housing destined to benefit the poorest in the land for this special treatment of not getting an extension?