Mr. Speaker, as we have seen, the Conservatives continue to say they will make cuts to pay for their proposals, including this so-called GST initiative. What will that mean? It means the accelerator fund will come to an end. The member is from Kelowna. A few weeks ago, I met with Kelowna's mayor, Mayor Tom Dyas, who shared with me that federal funding secured through the housing accelerator fund has led to a digital permit system that has improved approvals that would have taken, even a year ago, a year and a half-plus to approve. That approval permit process now is less than 10 days.
In the House of Commons on November 4th, 2024. See this statement in context.