Mr. Speaker, I think the member is mixing up some private conversations. The minister also said that it is always easy to look back and say, “We should have done this, that or the other thing”.
The easy thing to do would have been to listen back then. The Quebec government warned him. The Bloc Québécois warned him. Economists at the big banks warned him. Even his own officials had warned his government as far back as 2022 that its immigration targets would put too much pressure on health care and housing. He would not listen to anyone. He insulted everyone.
It may be too late to listen, but not to take action. What is he waiting for?