Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to see the Conservatives have taken some inspiration from our plan for removing the GST to help get more homes built, but what is completely unacceptable is how they say they are going to pay for it, and this is telling about their strategy across a range of policy areas.
They want to cut the programs that are going to deliver housing for low-income and middle-class families today, just like they plan to cut the programs that are going to provide dental care for families who need it; like they plan to cut the programs that will deliver birth control to Canadian women for free; and like the way that they oppose programs to support seniors with pensions, students with student loans and families with the cost of raising kids.
It is time to build, not cut.