Madam Speaker, I want to begin by thanking my hon. colleague for her advocacy, which helped secure $42.4 million for Kitchener to help the city build more homes quickly. The city is already moving on ambitious zoning reforms and changes to permitting processes that make it easier to build homes near transit, services and opportunities. It is exciting because it is moving forward with new projects, adding hundreds of social housing units for low-income families and taking part in an extraordinary initiative, in partnership with Habitat for Humanity, to build 10,000 homes at half price in the region in which the city is located.
The Conservative Party plans to cut this essential program, which will only result in—