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House Hansard - 13

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 8, 2021 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Hon. Randy Boissonnault
  • Dec/8/21 8:47:35 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I would like to thank the great staff at ACOA for the work they are doing to help people in the hon. member's part of the country. The regional development agencies from coast to coast to coast will continue to be there for businesses.
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Mr. Matt Jeneroux (Edmonton Riverbend, CPC)
  • Dec/8/21 8:47:54 p.m.
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Madam Chair, it is a pleasure to be here, and I will let the House know that I am splitting my time with the member for Kildonan—St. Paul. To the minister, how does the government intend to increase housing supply in Canada.
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Health, Lib.)
  • Dec/8/21 8:48:15 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I will first mention that the national housing strategy is the first-ever housing strategy in Canada. We implemented it in 2017, and it led to other measures.
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Mr. Matt Jeneroux
  • Dec/8/21 8:48:29 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister know we have been told that 1.8 million houses are needed in Canada. How does the minister intend to increase supply in Canada?
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Dec/8/21 8:48:46 p.m.
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Madam Chair, one million is the number of Canadians who have been helped since the introduction of the national housing strategy in 2017.
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Mr. Matt Jeneroux
  • Dec/8/21 8:48:55 p.m.
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Madam Chair, let me help the minister out a little. His plan says they are going to create 100,000 houses. When are they going to do that? They will do it in four years. How is the minister going to get 1.7 million more houses in the next 12 months?
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Dec/8/21 8:49:10 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I think the member may have misunderstood. I spoke about one million Canadians who have been helped with paying their rent since the introduction of the national housing strategy.
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Mr. Matt Jeneroux
  • Dec/8/21 8:49:23 p.m.
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Madam Chair, so we are still 1.7 million short. The Conservatives had a plan using federal infrastructure dollars to create more housing and off-load 15% of government assets. What do the Liberals think of that plan?
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Dec/8/21 8:49:38 p.m.
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Madam Chair, I am sorry to say, and I say it with some respect and regret, that what the Conservatives were proposing in the campaign would have helped rich landlords sell their stock of housing.
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Mr. Matt Jeneroux
  • Dec/8/21 8:49:53 p.m.
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Madam Chair, Canada owns 41 million hectares. I am trying to draw the connection here for the minister. How exactly will the Liberal minister create more housing supply?
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Dec/8/21 8:50:09 p.m.
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Madam Chair, an example is the $4-billion accelerator fund, which we are going to invest in municipalities and provinces, because we know that to partner with them is key to solving the housing crisis.
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Mr. Matt Jeneroux
  • Dec/8/21 8:50:21 p.m.
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Madam Chair, the accelerator fund he speaks of creates 100,000 homes in four years. We went through that already. With 1.3 million empty homes in Canada, how do we solve this issue of getting more housing supply for Canadians?
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Dec/8/21 8:50:40 p.m.
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Madam Chair, another example is the rental housing construction initiative, a $26-billion investment in support of housing builders in Canada. That is going to create tens of thousands of new homes.
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Mr. Matt Jeneroux
  • Dec/8/21 8:50:56 p.m.
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Madam Chair, again, there are 1.3 million empty homes. The Liberals' solution to that is a 1% tax. Wow, that is really going to scare a lot of home landlords. Will the minister commit to never introducing a capital gains tax on the sale of a primary residence?
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Dec/8/21 8:51:17 p.m.
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Madam Chair, we said that just recently, and we have repeated it. What I could add now is that a new Canada housing benefit has been in place for a year, and it has helped 300,000 Canadians pay their rent.
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Mr. Matt Jeneroux
  • Dec/8/21 8:51:31 p.m.
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Madam Chair, 1.8 million new homes are needed in this country. The 100,000 and 30,000 numbers he is talking about solve a symptom, but they do not solve the real problem. Housing supply is the lowest in the G7 and housing prices are the highest in the G7. There is a 5.2% drop in home builds and a 20% rise in house prices. Does the minister not see that his plan is not working?
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Dec/8/21 8:51:59 p.m.
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Madam Chair, another number to add to all of the other numbers I mentioned earlier is 530,000 Canadians being lifted out of housing needs because of investments in the national housing strategy.
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Mr. Matt Jeneroux
  • Dec/8/21 8:52:14 p.m.
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Madam Chair, does the minister know the average home price in Canada today?
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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos
  • Dec/8/21 8:52:23 p.m.
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Madam Chair, another number to add to all the numbers I mentioned is 300,000. This is the number of homes being renovated—
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The Deputy Chair
  • Dec/8/21 8:52:30 p.m.
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The hon. member.
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