Madam Speaker, this is the first time I am rising today, and I just wanted to take a moment before I asked my question to acknowledge the heartbreaking event that happened in Edmonton this weekend, where Mr. Singh, a young 20-year-old student on his third day of work as a security guard, was shot dead doing the work of trying to protect people in Edmonton. It is a really devastating time for our community, and I want to take a moment to express my deep sympathies and my condolences to his family and those who loved him.
I would like to thank the parliamentary secretary for his contributions today. It was disappointing, of course, to see him stand to vote against the NDP motion to take the GST off home heating and things like cellphone bills. I understand that the Liberals believe Christmas trees are more important, but I did think those were important.
My actual question for him is with regard to housing. When we have a housing crisis issue in Canada and municipal, provincial and federal governments are implicated, what do we do when a provincial government, such as Danielle Smith and the UCP in Alberta, is not working with the municipalities or the federal government and would rather pick fights than actually get housing for Canadians?