Madam Speaker, members are never going to believe this. Members will recall about 30 minutes ago there was an exchange between the member for Hamilton Centre and the member for Parry Sound—Muskoka. The member for Parry Sound—Muskoka referred to mayors as being incompetent. Then he stood up to say that, when he was mayor, he got so much done and made sure that housing got built.
It did not take that long to find something out from an article in the Huntsville Doppler. It is true that, when the member for Parry Sound—Muskoka was on city council, the council decreased the development charges in the municipality, but when he was mayor, the council increased development charges by 16%. There is literally no bigger gatekeeper than the former mayor, the member for Parry Sound—Muskoka, the now sitting MP, who had the audacity to stand up in the House to accuse other mayors across this country of being incompetent.
I am wondering what the parliamentary secretary would have to say to all of that new information.