Aitchison consistently pushes for less government and suggests cutting bureaucracy, delays, fees, and taxes to address the housing crisis. He expresses frustration with the creation of a new federal housing agency, emphasizing that it is redundant and lacks clear targets. Aitchison also focuses on the government's failure to remove tariffs, which he believes is hurting Canadian workers and the economy.
“The Prime Minister promised housing results but gave Canadians higher costs, higher debt, and fewer homes. His housing project news conferences will not fool Canadians much longer. I want results and this government has none.”
“The Prime Minister said a lot of words about housing, but Canadians still can't afford homes. Prices are rising, the government spent $13 billion to build almost no homes, and Canada is the worst in the G7. I want the Prime Minister to stand up and defend his record of broken promises.”
“I'm alarmed. This bill gives a minister $1.7 billion with no rules or oversight attached. It's a blank cheque in the name of housing. Zero transparency, just trust us, while prior funds went nowhere. I want scrutiny before the House okays billions more for a minister to spend however he wants.”
“Mr. Speaker, the government promised to let people rebate the HST on all new homes. The government is slow and disorganized. People don't know what's going on. The government needs to hurry up and tell people when this is happening. I want the exact date now.”
“My friend is right. I know about building houses and I don't like the building codes. Those codes make houses too expensive. The codes are written by lobbyists, not by real builders. The government should fix this and make houses cheaper.”
“I like you. But you have a Liberal problem. You hear what you want to hear. Builders and developers will use what you give them. But they said they wouldn't create this agency. They don't love Build Canada Homes. They're just going to work with what the government gives them. The CMHC head said they weren't set up for this. But CMHC scaled up before. Why can't they scale up again? Why do we need a fourth federal housing bureaucracy?”
“Thanks. You've raised a good point. The government hasn't reduced development fees like it promised. There's a program to reduce these fees, but only if municipalities apply for it. Municipalities might not apply because they like high fees. Fees stay high, nothing changes. Conservatives would force municipalities to reduce fees. We'd give them money for infrastructure, but it would depend on results, not just hopes.”
“I agree, the government caused this crisis. Liberals keep throwing money at the problem. They hand out cash for photo ops, but don't fix anything. Toronto got $471 million, then jacked up fees 40%. Typical. All this spending just makes things worse.”
“I'm saying you don't actually care about results like I do. Look at me, I'm reasonable, I'll praise a Liberal program if it works in my riding, but say the big cities still haven't delivered. I want to use federal money as leverage to make local governments do what we want. The Liberals just throw money at cities for a photo op and get nothing real.”
“I spent a lot of time in this speech talking about my past experience in municipal politics and housing. I'm frustrated that the government's response to the housing crisis is to create a new federal housing agency with $13 billion and no clear targets. I think this is a disappointment and a waste of time. The government should focus on clearing the path for builders and reducing bureaucracy instead of creating new agencies.”
“Why do we need another federal Crown corporation? We already have two that could do the same thing. This new program is not necessary.”
“You're wasting $13 billion with no targets. I asked why we need another whole agency with no clear plan. Stop listing them and answer the question.”
“I'm pointing out that this new federal housing agency is redundant. The CMHC already does this job. It's interesting the government never discussed targets with them. I want to know why the government is rushing to control and spend $13 billion without researching how many units are needed.”
“I think the government is expanding too much. We already have three agencies for housing. Why do we need a fourth? Why are we rushing this through?”
“The Prime Minister promised fast home building but isn't delivering. Home construction is actually dropping! Government fees and delays hold back building. The Prime Minister made a whole new housing agency, but it barely helps. My suggestions? Cut the bureaucracy, cut the delays, cut the fees, cut the taxes. Less government so more homes get built!”
“Canadians need more than the government's kind words. I want the government to actually fix this trade problem. The government should do its real job and get U.S. tariffs removed. Canadian workers need a plan that gets results.”
“The economy is not good and the government has done nothing useful about it. Steel and lumber cost more because of tariffs. Mexico made a better deal than us. I will blame the Prime Minister for all of it.”
