Mr. Speaker, one of the first recommendations in the report is to develop a work plan to accelerate the availability of national shelters to address homelessness. However, I will tell the member how this plays out on Vancouver Island.
In Parksville, the only community of over 10,000 people, the mayor fought B.C. Housing, which was going to build a shelter in the community. Now the mayor is running for the Conservative nomination. They went to court and blocked the shelter, which is what they do. They are doing it in Port Coquitlam too.
Conservatives come here and say one thing, but when they are governing, they actually do another thing.
What they did in Parksville is absolutely against human rights. It is a violation of human rights. What the Conservatives want is for the problem to just go away. They want the homeless people to just go away.
Can my colleague address why Conservatives block shelters in places where people are living on the streets?