Mr. Speaker, last week local leaders from across the country were on Parliament Hill asking all of us to make hometowns proud.
The request of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities was dead simple. It needs funding for housing, for transit, and for water systems. There is a $400 billion infrastructure deficit in this country, and what has this government done? It has announced a cobbled-together group of plans that essentially are scheduled state of good repair budgets for federal assets, with nothing for cities and municipalities and towns across this country—nothing. In fact, all they get is a 90% cut to their budgets this year.
When is the government going to make its hometowns proud? When is it going to make hometowns built perfectly again and fixed again?