“The Prime Minister promised to build 500,000 homes a year, but his new agency will only build 5,000. Home prices have gone up 28% since 2015, and Canada has the worst housing affordability in the G7. I want the Prime Minister to defend his record.”

“Mr. Speaker, where are the results? The Prime Minister promised to double the pace of housing construction to almost 500,000 new homes a year, but his own budget watchdog said his new $13-billion housing agency will build only about 5,000 homes. The CMHC’s chief economist pointed this week to “weaker momentum for future supply”. Meanwhile, Canada’s home prices are up 28% since 2015. Canada has the worst housing affordability in all of the G7. My question is simple. Will the Prime Minister stand and defend his record?”

“The Prime Minister promised to build homes quickly, but he has only created more government offices. Housing costs and debt are up, home building is slowing down, and fewer homes are being built. I want to know where the results are.”

“Mr. Speaker, the member just described what happens in a recession. The fact is that Canadians need results. This Prime Minister promised results. In fact, he promised to build at a speed not seen in a generation, but all he has delivered in his first year is a third federal housing bureaucracy with no targets, no timelines and no results. He has given Canadians higher costs, higher debt and fewer homes. His regular news conferences in front of that housing construction project in the south end of Ottawa every Monday are not going to fool Canadians much longer. Home construction is slowing. The crisis is getting worse. Where are the results?”