Madam Speaker, the Conservatives are currently proposing to eliminate the goods and services tax, or GST, on the construction of new houses and condos. The question now becomes, will this actually do anything to address the skyrocketing demand for social housing?
The Liberal Party touts its various programs, including the housing accelerator fund and the public lands acquisition fund. Many programs are also available through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. However, one of the problems with these programs is that the results are so hard to gauge because these things take such a long time and because, when the federal government does decide to invest, it attaches 56,000 conditions, even though housing falls under the jurisdiction of Quebec and its municipalities.
How can my colleague say that the Liberal government's strategies are more effective than a proposal like cutting the GST?