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House Hansard - 41

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 4, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 41 - Mar/4/22
Mr. Francesco Sorbara
  • Mar/4/22 12:43:56 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. I would like to say to him that our government worked very hard with all the provinces in Canada. During the pandemic, we were there to support the provinces of Quebec and Ontario in long-term care homes. On measures with regard to housing, obviously there are taxation measures that are very relevant to the federal government that we need to look at and we need to use. There are tools available for us. Our goal is to help with housing affordability and affordable housing. We have done that with the national affordability housing program. We will be bringing out a suite of measures that the minister has been working on. I look forward to seeing them. They were in our platform and Canadians voted for them. We are going to see them in the coming weeks and months.
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Context: House Hansard - 41 - Mar/4/22
Mr. Francesco Sorbara
  • Mar/4/22 12:45:40 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-8 
Mr. Speaker, on housing affordability we must table measures. One of them will be the $1 billion-plus national accelerator fund. We need to encourage municipalities to speed up the process of approving projects and get shovels in the ground faster. I always hear the comparison that in the United States it can take eight to 12 months to start putting shovels in the ground, but in Canada it is much longer. We must break down the red tape and get more housing built across this country. In my area, the prices that things are selling for are remarkable. We need to get supply out there. This is multi-jurisdictional, and we will work together with all jurisdictions and all levels of government to get it done.
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