Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary can try to lull people with magic numbers, but the reality is that, right now, 300,000 Canadians are homeless and 1.5 million Canadians do not have access to decent and affordable housing.
Balancing the budget on the backs of middle-class families and poor people in our community is not economically viable or humanely possible.
I am asking this government to do more and to do better for Canadians with average and low incomes using a long-term approach.
This government runs on magic numbers. Well then, I would like it to take note of this one: one F-35 is equal to 6,400 affordable housing units. That is a number that the government should take note of.