Madam Speaker, this is clearly the choice.
The Liberals have had nine years. They have objectively failed to build homes. We are not building homes at nearly the rate we need to. Housing costs are up dramatically for all Canadians. It has been nine years of failure under the government, and its members believe that announcing additional funding for existing bureaucracies is going to change that. Canadians, again, are not going to judge the current government by its intentions or its expenditures. They are going to judge it by the results.
Meanwhile, Conservatives have a record in government of much better performance when it comes to actual housing affordability for Canadians, and we are putting forward specific proposals that would cut taxes for Canadians, incentivize the construction of new homes and achieve results. Certainly, Canadians will judge the results, just as they will judge the current government by the results.
However, eliminating the GST on new homes would provide a significant benefit for Canadians. It would increase home construction. It would help to achieve the results that the current government has failed to achieve for nine years. Essentially, I think what we are hearing from the parliamentary secretary is a partial admission of failure up to this point, but he is saying that now they are suddenly going to change things.
It has not worked. With nine years of failure, we are worse off. We need a new government, and we need a common-sense carbon tax election so Canadians can decide.