Mr. Speaker, I was surprised to see the member and members on the other side of the House oppose the Build Canada Homes act at third reading yesterday. This is an agency that will be 100% focused on delivering affordable housing in Canada. We have never had that before.
With respect to the rationale, as the housing minister, I will be responsible for the Crown corporation, as I am for the special operating agency currently. The special operating agency has very limited tools to do financing and land acquisition and to expedite bringing on human resources to get more housing built. The Crown corporation structure will get more housing built in the long run, and that is the goal overall. It is accountable to Parliament through the minister, so I see it as a very significant advancement for getting affordable housing built.
In this case, with Bill C-26, funding would also go to provinces and territories to enable and expedite the—