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House Hansard - 186

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 27, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23
Mrs. Anna Roberts
  • Apr/27/23 10:37:53 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, time and again, we have said that we need to build more affordable homes. The hon. member is absolutely correct. We cannot allow 500,000 new immigrants to come to this country and provide them with the false promise that they will be able to have homes for their families, when we are not building them. We need to turn that around. We need to make sure we get rid of the gatekeepers and get those homes built so that, when new immigrants come, they can contribute to our society and make Canada free again.
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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23
Mr. Eric Melillo (Kenora, CPC)
  • Apr/27/23 12:43:56 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, although we do not always see eye to eye on everything, I do appreciate the tone my colleague from Kitchener Centre brings to this place. I would like to stick on the topic of housing. To the point that was just made, the Conservative Party has brought forward a number of solutions, such as bringing forward a plan to speed up building permits to get more homes built and create an incentive for housing units to be developed. There is certainly a need for more affordable housing and social housing, no question about it, but we also see issues with supply around regular market housing in my region as well. I would like to get the member's comments on what our party has brought forward to help address the issues we see with market housing.
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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23
Mr. Blake Desjarlais
  • Apr/27/23 1:29:02 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I apologize to my Bloc Québécois colleague for my inability to speak French at this time. I am learning. In relation to housing, it is true that housing is a true crisis in our country. The reality is that we need to ensure there is outside the market to ensure the right to housing, for example, is truly met for those who cannot participate in it. The reality is we need to see social housing in our country. We need to see the federal government return to the business of building homes, and we need to do it quickly. The reality is those corporations, those large investment trusts, are going to continue to get away with ripping off Canadians so long as we allow them to. We need to see the introduction of social homes and housing that is out of private market to ensure those who fall below the cracks and fall below the margins have a home. We know that a good life, good health care and a good education starts with a good and safe home.
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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23
Mr. Scott Aitchison (Parry Sound—Muskoka, CPC)
  • Apr/27/23 2:48:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I have news for the minister. I have read his national housing plan, and it is not working. It is making the situation worse. Every member on this side of the House can be very proud of the fact that we did not write a blank cheque for Liberal failures when we voted against it. The housing minister does not seem to even understand that we are in a housing crisis. The Liberals' expensive schemes are making the situation worse and worse. My question is simply this: When will the government learn that in a housing supply crisis, photo ops and talking points simply do not get more homes built?
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