“Homebuilding is down and housing costs have risen faster here than in other rich countries. I want the Prime Minister to take responsibility for making homes too expensive for Canadians to buy.”

“Mr. Speaker, instead of being accountable for Liberal inflation and the Liberal recession, the Prime Minister is now making his 12th announcement on housing. This comes after he led us to a 6% reduction in homebuilding, and his own housing agency expects that it will fall another 18%. Finally, the Prime Minister has given us the biggest increases in costs in housing anywhere in the G7. Instead of another illusion or another announcement, will the Prime Minister stand and take accountability for the costly failures that have denied Canadians home ownership?”

“The Prime Minister doubled housing costs. He promised to double home construction, but it went down by six percent instead, and it will drop more. I want him to take responsibility for failing on housing.”

“Mr. Speaker, the Liberals already had a revolution. The Liberal government doubled housing costs. To solve the problem, the Liberal Prime Minister picked the former mayor of Vancouver, who made that city the most expensive housing market in the world. Since promising to double homebuilding, the Prime Minister has delivered a 6% reduction in construction, and his own housing agency expects it will drop another 18%. Instead of another promise or illusion, will the Prime Minister do his job, stand in this House and be accountable for his failures?”

“The government's housing agency says homebuilding is down and will drop another 18 percent. I want the Prime Minister to find out why his policies are causing this.”

“Mr. Speaker, the government is at war with its own statistical agencies. It is incredible. The CMHC, the Liberals’ housing agency, says construction is down by 6%. Their housing agency says it will drop another 18%. Instead of another photo op, another announcement or another dazzling speech, will the Prime Minister go over to the CMHC and find out how he is pulling back on homebuilding by another 18%?”

“Politicians do not build homes. Carpenters do.”

“Mr. Speaker, I forgive the member for getting his numbers wrong. He cannot count numbers bigger than the number of fingers on his hands. The reality is that politicians do not build homes. When I was housing minister— Some hon. members: Oh, oh! Hon. Pierre Poilievre: Mr. Speaker, no, they do not. Politicians do not build homes. Carpenters— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!”

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  This statement targeted a person rather than their actions or views: “He cannot count numbers bigger than the number of fingers on his hands.”.

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“Under this Prime Minister, rent and house prices have doubled and fewer homes are being built. Canadians cannot afford housing. I want the Prime Minister to defend his record.”

“Mr. Speaker, politicians do not build homes. Carpenters, electricians and plumbers build homes. What one does is have the policies that get out of the way so they can do that. If the member wants some stats, when I was minister, there were 200,000 homes built in one year. The average cost was $450,000. The average rent was $950. Today, it is nearly double that on both counts. The Prime Minister has claimed that he would increase homebuilding by 100%, but it is down 6%, so enough with the illusions. Canadians cannot afford their rent or their mortgage. Will the Prime Minister defend his disastrous results?”

“The Liberals are blocking home construction. Under this Prime Minister, homebuilding has dropped, spending on government workers has gone up, and Canada now has the most expensive homes in the G7. I want the Prime Minister to stop getting in the way of home builders and take responsibility for these failures.”

“Mr. Speaker, at least the Liberals listened for once. I explained to them that houses are built by plumbers, electricians and carpenters, and the members stood up and said that the building trades build homes. We know who builds homes, but do we know who blocks homes? The Liberals block homes. They have been blocking homes so badly for so long that now we have the most expensive real estate in the G7, and under the Prime Minister, homebuilding has actually dropped while he has increased the spending on bureaucracy. Will the Prime Minister get out of the way of home builders, stand in the House and take accountability for his homebuilding failures?”