Mr. Speaker, the housing minister is not starting with a clean slate. His record in Vancouver is well known. As investigative journalist Sam Cooper documented in his book Wilful Blindness, his city hall was part of what he calls the Vancouver model, where laundered crime money, foreign cartels and offshore investment fuelled skyrocketing housing prices while honest families were locked out.
Now he claims to lead the most robust housing agenda in history. With that track record, I am sorry, but Canadians do not believe it. Ten years of Liberal broken promises and only 309 homes to show for millions in investment. They can spin all they like, but credibility matters. He should build trust first, because right now, his reputation precedes him. Why would Canadians believe a word he says?