Mr. Speaker, Winston Churchill once said that if a country tries to tax itself into prosperity, it is analogous to a man or woman standing in a bucket, pulling on the handles as hard as they can and wondering why they do not go up.
If, in fact, more government spending were the answer, we would have one of the best economies in the world and we would have affordable housing. The reality is, we have a tremendous amount of expenditures. They said not to take their word for it, to take the Prime Minister's word; he said, just last night, that government expenditures have grown by more than 7% on the operational side over the last decade. The Liberals spent and spent and spent.
In fact, the former housing minister, who is now the justice minister, was in front of committee. I asked him how many houses the housing accelerator had built. His answer was zero. That is what government will accomplish. It will spend millions of dollars, but the problem will remain the same.
When will the government finally wake up and get out of the way so that home builders can build homes?