Madam Speaker, I want to thank my hon. colleague for his advocacy on behalf of his community, which helped secure tens of millions of dollars for the community he calls home.
We are both from Nova Scotia. We have seen small towns and the city receive significant funding to make it easier to build homes more quickly at prices that people can actually afford. We know it takes investment to get homes built in this country, which is why we put billions of dollars on the table to help cities build homes more quickly.
The Conservative response to this important program would be to cut. They would try to deny communities access to this funding, and cities would have to raise property taxes to make it up. We are going to make the investments necessary—