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House Hansard - 108

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 5, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 108 - Oct/5/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Oct/5/22 2:40:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have already imposed some of the strictest penalties and limits on funding toward Hockey Canada. Right now it is for Hockey Canada to understand that it has completely lost any trust or faith among Canadians. The organization must be transformed or, as we are seeing with Hockey Québec, which is saying it is not going to engage with Hockey Canada anymore, more and more organizations across the country are simply going to turn their backs on this organization, which is not worthy of building strong futures for our kids.
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Context: House Hansard - 108 - Oct/5/22
Mr. Clifford Small (Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame, CPC)
  • Oct/5/22 3:09:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday the Prime Minister announced a third of the funding over twice the time needed to rebuild industries and infrastructure in the wake of Fiona's devastation. Small craft harbours alone need a half-billion dollars to rebuild and fortify, while fish harvesters need at least $50 million to cover their losses and damages, not to mention what is needed to rebuild tourism and agriculture. Why is the current Prime Minister letting down Atlantic Canadians who have put so much trust in him?
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Context: House Hansard - 108 - Oct/5/22
Mr. Glen Motz (Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner, CPC)
  • Oct/5/22 4:38:42 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-30 
Mr. Speaker, as I have looked at parts of this, I am curious to know how this bill would actually have a positive impact on the underprivileged, those who have a limited income, when the department and the act say that tax filings are going to be used from the CRA to make the determination of who gets this funding. Reports I have been seeing indicate the concern around this bill is that those individuals who really need it will not get it because they are not going to be filing CRA income tax returns. I want to know what the parliamentary secretary thinks of that particular concern that Canadians have raised.
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Context: House Hansard - 108 - Oct/5/22
Mr. Brad Vis
  • Oct/5/22 8:55:37 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Mr. Speaker, it makes perfect sense, because the federal government holds the spending purse. It is the federal government that plays a large part in funding every single major infrastructure project across this country. The federal government could say to the City of Vancouver or the City of Surrey that if it wants a sky train, it better increase zoning to allow for affordable homes around transportation nodules. Regarding the $500 rental subsidy, that would have a big impact on people's month-to-month. I understand that; I have been working since I was 12 years old. However, collectively, would that impact— Mr. Mark Gerretsen: I started at nine. Mr. Brad Vis: Mr. Speaker, the member from Kingston and the Thousand Islands continues to heckle me.
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Context: House Hansard - 108 - Oct/5/22
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • Oct/5/22 8:57:24 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Mr. Speaker, first, on the issue of helping municipalities move forward in getting zoning and rezoning dealt with, the NDP was able to force the government to bring forward the accelerator fund. Part of that funding is, in fact, going to be dedicated to municipalities and local governments to help with that. This work is actually going to be under way, although the program is not fully developed and more work will be done. That being said, the member talked a lot about housing and addressed the housing crisis. One of the issues impacting the housing affordability issue is the financialization of housing, yet real estate investment trusts are getting preferential tax treatment. In fact, they get government support by way of insurance coverage and mortgage coverage. Would the member agree that the government should stop preferential tax treatment for these corporate landlords?
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