Madam Chair, I hope my colleague was not referring to me. I have never called the municipalities incompetent.
Once again, my colleague is gushing about her government's program, but the CMHC says there is a shortfall of 3.5 million units to “restor[e] affordability by 2030”, as the CMHC put it.
The deputy chief economist of the CMHC, Aled ab Iorwerth, said, “Canada's approach to housing supply needs to be rethought and done differently”.
That is what the CMHC is saying, not the Bloc Québécois.
He also said, “There must be a drastic transformation of the housing sector”.
I would consider that criticism of the current strategy.
He added that there must be “government policies and processes, and an 'all-hands-on-deck' approach to increasing the supply of housing to meet demand”.
What does my colleague have to say to the deputy chief economist of the CMHC?