Mr. Speaker, I completely agree with my colleague about the importance of tackling the housing shortage head-on. I, too, represent a rural riding with significant housing needs.
However, I would like to point out that, during the last Parliament, Pierre Poilievre unilaterally demanded that his members stop supporting the cities in their region that wanted their share of the housing accelerator fund. While my colleagues were working with their communities to help them get housing built faster, the opposition leader was preventing his members from supporting their communities.
Can my colleague tell us whether, this time, the Conservatives will really work together to speed up housing construction, including in rural areas?