Mr. Speaker, Canadians voted for a home they can afford, a place to raise their kids and a place to sleep at night without lying awake doing the math. However, after all the Liberal glossy promises, the Parliamentary Budget Officer has made one thing painfully clear: The government's housing plan is built on wishful thinking, not on real results.
The Liberals' boast has been “We are here for the low-income families”, but the PBO report says that by 2028 the government will be spending less than half of what it does today on programs that help them keep a roof over their head. What we also learned is that the Liberals' big program delivers only 26,000 homes over five years, nowhere close to the 1.25 million homes they promised Canadians.
Get this: The so-called affordable rents under the plan are over $2,100. What else should we expect, I guess, when the Prime Minister comes from a world where affordability means removing the tax from yachts and private jets? However, the single mom working two jobs hears that number and feels her stomach drop because, at that price, she is only one paycheque away from homelessness.