Mr. Speaker, housing starts have actually declined 16%.
Let us take a look at the Prime Minister's top officials. We have the housing minister, who brought a 150% increase to the price of homes when he was a mayor. We have a new head of a $13-billion housing bureaucracy, a Toronto city councillor who saw a 700% increase to building taxes.
Is it any wonder that housing starts are down and bureaucracy is up, with these two leaders running point?