Mr. Speaker, the Liberal government's own housing agency has given up on the concept of housing affordability. It reported that Canada needs to build 480,000 homes a year to restore affordability, something TD Bank says is impossible. Earlier this week, the latest housing minister boasted that he was on pace for 280,000 starts this year, and he plans for 500,000 a year.
In the GTA and the Lower Mainland, the bulk of our housing market starts have gone off a cliff, so the question is simple: If we are to take the minister at his word, where are the other 200,000 units coming from?