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When all else fails, Liberals love to claim the Conservatives hate immigrants. They did that again this week, with a senior Carney minister reprimanding Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for accurately quoting the Carney government.

LILLEY: When Poilievre quoted the government, Robertson cried foul Back to video

It was during Question Period in the House of Commons on Tuesday when Poilievre rose to ask the government why housing numbers are down and whether they had a solution.

“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,” Poilievre said.

“How could the prime minister be so out of touch with Canadians who need homes?”

With that, Housing Minister Gregor Robertson saw his opening. Poilievre had mentioned immigration and the housing crunch in the same breath, and Robertson seized on the chance to accuse him of blaming immigrants for the........

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