Madam Chair, the minister should speak with those on the ground.
This morning, I spoke with Burnaby's mayor, the chair of the Metro Vancouver housing committee. His city has nine shovel-ready sites, six for the national housing co-investment fund and three for the rapid housing initiative, none of which received funding for construction despite Burnaby being the third most unaffordable place to live in our country.
Why did the government ignore this low-hanging fruit? Are the programs simply this ineffective or does it simply have no plan to secure Canada's housing future?