Smith said she has no problem with Poilievre's proposal to give municipalities a building bonus to incentivize housing construction as long as he goes through her government.

The New Democrats propose to build 500,000 units of affordable housing over 10 years, with half of the units coming in five years.

The provincial and federal governments say the money set aside under the Liberal government's national housing strategy, as well as other already-promised funds, will aim to preserve 130,000 units of social housing.