Pierre Poilievre

would be to have lower taxes, faster permits, and more economic freedom.

And by the way, for most of the early part of this century, we ranked as more economically free country than the US based on the rankings of numerous think tanks.

So we can do that again.

We need to repeal all the laws that block our resources in so that we should have the fastest permits anywhere in the OECD.

We should have a policy of generating energy

home building and food production at a faster rate of growth than the growth in our money supply.

And then you will find that we will become the most affordable country in the world.

We should be the dirt cheap place to live because we've got the most dirt to build homes on, to grow food on, and to dig resources from, right?

And for 41 million people to share in that enormous endowment, we should be the richest and the most affordable.

And we will be when we unlock that potential.

We have the fewest homes per capita of any country in the G7, which is incredible because we have 10 times more land per person than the second closest country, being the US, right?

And so why is that?

And the answer is that about, depending on where you are in the country, somewhere between a third and 60% of the cost of a new home is government.

Taxes, fees, charges, delays.

Lobbyists, consultants, lawyers that you have to hire to go into building a home.

Twice as much money goes to guys in suits to build a Canadian home than goes to guys who swing hammers and lay concrete.

And the consequence is that the carpenter who builds our homes can't afford to buy them.

So we need to get government costs out of housing.

And I've proposed zero taxation on home building.

and massive powerful incentives and penalties for bad behavior by municipalities that block home building.