Madam Speaker, I listened with interest to the comments of the parliamentary secretary. He told a much different story than what the Leader of the Opposition had to say. The Leader of the Opposition is being very accusatory, saying that bureaucracy and red tape at city halls are preventing building from occurring, and nobody is really denying that. He gave the example of a developer and a planning application being be reviewed and then reviewed again. Nobody is denying that.
We are saying that the housing accelerator fund is specifically designed. I know that in Kingston, the money that was given to the municipality was tied to reducing that red tape to ensure that more houses would get built quicker and to reduce exactly those kinds of problems that the Leader of the Opposition indicated.
I am wonder if the parliamentary secretary can provide some of his thoughts on that, and why it is so important. More important, over 15 Conservatives want this and have been advocating for this money for their ridings. Clearly, the Conservatives must see that it works. At least, the correspondence that they sent to the minister indicated that they thought the money would work for the intended purpose. Otherwise, why would they be asking for it?