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House Hansard - 184

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 25, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23
Mr. Charlie Angus
  • Apr/25/23 1:19:52 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Mr. Speaker, I find that we are getting into very dangerous territory when we see a white man in caucus attacking someone of colour over issues of race and then saying that this is about an issue of racism. That is way beyond the pale.
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Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23
Mr. Taleeb Noormohamed
  • Apr/25/23 1:34:00 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Mr. Speaker, as the member across is well aware, every single member on this side of the House in our caucus is fully supportive of those measures. These are important measures to reduce the financialization of the housing market in this country. We are going to keep taking those up. I note the Conservatives continue to oppose those measures, and I would love for the member opposite to be explain this to the House and all Canadians: While every single person on this side of the House is uniformly supportive of taking additional measures, why do his party and his leader continue to oppose them? They will increase affordability for Canadians and improve the ability of Canadians to get into good-quality housing.
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Context: House Hansard - 184 - Apr/25/23
Mr. Richard Cannings
  • Apr/25/23 8:29:09 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-47 
Madam Speaker, I really appreciate the work the member does with the all-party tourism caucus. I come from a tourism riding as well. It is a big part of the economy in South Okanagan—West Kootenay. There are some things in the budget that would really help tourism. There is increased funding to Destination Canada. However, when I talk to hotels and restaurants, all the businesses in my riding that depend on and grow with tourism, they say that what tourism really needs is a bigger, more available labour force, and what that labour force needs is more housing. There is very little in this budget on housing. That is at the core of so many of the things that are holding the Canadian economy back. I would simply ask the government to be more bold with housing investments that would allow us to bring in more workers to create the wealth—
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