Business of Supply  Madam Chair, how many applications under the first-time homebuyer initiative have been funded in 2021?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, the Prime Minister, several times in the last two weeks, has touted that program as part of the government's housing solution. In July 2021, the government had only funded 9,000 out of the 100,000 expected. Could he give us an update on that program, and how many m

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, does he think that 9,000 out of a 100,000 target is an acceptable metric, or an acceptable mark of success, for a program that the Liberals described as “transformational” on the eve of the 2019 election?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, what is the median price of a single detached home in the city of Edmonton?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, is it possible that the minister does not know the answer to that question? I referred to his own city. Perhaps he knows the answer to the question: What is the median house price in the city of Edmonton?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, how much federal land has the government released for residential development?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, do these estimates contemplate carbon pricing on energy imports?

Business of Supply  Yes, Madam Chair, and the minister will have a chance to ask questions when he gets over to this side of the House, although I doubt he would make it. The question was this: What would the price of carbon have to be on imports to be equivalent to—

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, I am sharing my time with the member for Calgary Midnapore. For the Associate Minister of Finance, how high must the Bank of Canada increase interest rates in 2022 to return inflation to its target rate?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, how high will the Bank of Canada have to increase interest rates in order to return to its inflation target?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, what would the effect of half a percentage point increase in the Bank of Canada's rate be on the cost to service the national debt?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, that was actually a question about fiscal policy. If the interest rate increases, what would the effect be on the cost to service the national debt?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, what would the effect of half a percentage point increase in interest rates be on to service the national debt?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, what would half a percentage point increase do to the cost of servicing the national debt?

Business of Supply  Madam Chair, if this member would like to help Canadians, he could do his job by answering questions. This is committee of the whole, not question period. There is a fine contingent of public servants here with binders and briefcases. I am sure they could help this member answer