Mr. Speaker, it is kind of unfortunate that we are here in this debate talking about housing, especially for vulnerable people.
In 2014, our Conservative government renewed the homeless partnering strategy, which primarily gave funds to the housing first initiative. I would like to ask my colleague why she and her party voted against that initiative.
In 2013, there were some great initiatives on affordable housing. Budget 2013 committed $1.25 billion to affordable housing. Budget 2013 also committed $600 million in long-term funding to our homeless partnering strategy. However, my colleague and her party voted against all of these initiatives.
In addition to that, if she has time, and I am sure she will because her first answer will not take long, I wonder if she could outline to the House why her party would divert subsidy funds to subsidizing offices for partisan purposes, rather than committing to funding housing for people who are vulnerable?