Mr. Chair, I can tell the minister and the House that, during my time as mayor in the city of Kingston, there was absolutely no support from the federal government with respect to housing. It was absolutely silent, and it was nowhere to be found. I remember the initiative on the affordable housing development strategy that the Province of Ontario set up, in the absence of the federal government's wanting to be part of that.
However, one thing I find most offensive, which comes from the Leader of the Opposition routinely, is when he refers to mayors in this country as being “woke” mayors or “gatekeepers”. It is not just me and it is not just former mayors who happen to be Liberal. I feel sorry for the member for Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry and the member for Parry Sound—Muskoka, who were also mayors in their communities. Their leader is now going around the country calling all mayors “woke” mayors for not being able to deliver on the needs of Canadians.
I know that the minister has travelled this country extensively, talking to mayors and municipal leaders throughout the country, and has come to Kingston on a number of occasions and met with the mayor of Kingston, even when I was not present in those meetings. I am wondering whether he could inform the House as to how effectively he thinks he might have been able to do that job had he been running around previously calling mayors “gatekeepers” and referring to them as “woke” mayors.