Asha Letourneau from Niagara Falls found herself in an unexpected dispute with the leader of the federal Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre. She didn’t appreciate what he had to say about the house she lives in.

“He called it a shack. A shack. That was a little embarrassing also because it’s not.”

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Poilievre said, “It costs $550,000 Canadian for a tiny little shack.” He gave out the address of Letourneau’s house to illustrate his argument about the housing market and invited reporters to check it out.

The house is a one-and-a-half storey that’s been on the market for some time.

Letourneau is a renter and doesn’t know why it hasn’t sold, but she says it’s not a shack, as Poilievre said. She said, “I found it a little bit embarrassing especially when I seen it on social media but, I don’t know.”

Poilievre’s argument is that housing prices have doubled during the government of Prime Minister Trudeau.

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Poilievre referenced home prices across the Niagara River, “On the American side, 15 minutes away, you can get a big beautiful multi-level with a garage and a big lot for $217,000 Canadian. Why is it that you pay twice as much for a quarter of the home on the Canadian side of the border?”

Poilievre didn’t give an address for the American house, but real estate listings from Buffalo tend to support his argument.

There are plenty of houses priced in the $200,000s and even less. The average price in Ontario in June was just over $900,000.

Poilievre says the difference between housing in Canada and the United States is government policy. “Rent has doubled, mortgage payments have doubled, needed down payments have all doubled. It’s double trouble with Trudeau on housing.”

Poilievre says he’d fix that as prime minister, “Build, build, build, build. We’re going to bring homes people can afford.”

Letourneau saw Poilievre’s comments after working nights as a waitress and doesn’t agree with his assessment of her home. “It’s not the greatest house on the street but it’s definitely not a shack.”

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