“The Prime Minister promised to double homebuilding, but the government now admits home construction will fall to near-record lows. I want the Prime Minister to stand up and answer for breaking his promise.”

“Mr. Speaker, a good leader stands up and answers questions in the House of Commons, and a good leader gets results. Now we learn that the government is admitting it will not get the Prime Minister’s promised results on housing. In a response to an Order Paper question, the Liberals have now admitted that the Prime Minister has broken his promise to double homebuilding and that construction will actually fall to near-record lows over the next three years, blaming immigration, as the Liberals do, for the housing shortage. How could the Prime Minister be so out of touch with Canadians who need homes?”

“The minister wants to criticize people who blame high immigration numbers for the housing shortage. Yet his own report says immigration has driven up housing demand and caused this shortage. Will he criticize himself?”

“Mr. Speaker, the member says he wants to reprimand anybody who blames excessive immigration numbers for the housing shortage. Well, let me read directly from a document he tabled in the House of Commons. It is a document on the housing shortage. It says, “One of the drivers of the housing shortage has been the strong growth in housing demand driven by immigration.” Will the minister stand up now and reprimand himself?”