Madam Speaker, we are facing a housing crisis, and the market alone will not fix it. It has failed to do so thus far.
Groups involved in housing advocacy in Quebec, such as the Réseau québécois des OSBL d'habitation, FRAPRU, federations of housing co-operatives and even municipalities across Canada are unanimous. Somewhere in the process, the federal government must invest money to house the most vulnerable. The market alone will never do it.
If the Conservatives were in power, would my colleague agree that the government should invest 1% of its budget to house the most vulnerable in this country?