Madam Speaker, I truly appreciate the incredible work done by my colleague from Vancouver East, who is such a strong advocate for those in need of the affordable housing piece that New Democrats fight for on a daily basis.
In my riding, in the city of London, there are 5,000 people on the wait-list for affordable housing. It is indeed at a crisis level. One of the things I am always upset with regarding what has happened through government inaction over the years is the role the federal government has played.
It used to be that the government would build en masse affordable, co-operative housing. This was done at the provincial and federal levels, but—