Mr. Speaker, first, I just want to celebrate the Guelph & District Multicultural Festival, which celebrated its 40th anniversary this weekend. I congratulate Anu Saxena, their chair, and also Cinthuja Leon, who is their executive director. It was another amazing weekend.
When I am out at these community events, people really want to know how soon we can see the waiver of the HST on new homes in Ontario.
My hon. colleague was a municipal councillor, as I was. What is the urgency in passing the legislation and getting the money flowing?
How important is that money, in terms of ensuring that people can buy their home now, a new home that would be built in the future, in terms of smoothing out the construction, so that, in fact, we are seeding builds for the next several years?