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House Hansard - 186

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 27, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Apr/27/23 10:37:00 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague talked a lot about housing, a subject on which we agree. A few weeks ago in committee, I questioned a witness about the Century Initiative, which seems to have inspired the government to increase the number of immigrants to Canada to a minimum of 500,000 a year. When I questioned the witness, I asked if any thought had been given to the French language and to the need for housing. The answer was that the only consideration had been the economy. If the government insists on reaching its targets without considering the social aspects involved, what will happen to the budgets and needs of Canadians and of Quebeckers, in particular?
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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
Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)
  • Apr/27/23 1:41:21 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague's question is going to be hard to beat. My opposition party colleague mentioned several things that are missing. Members have been talking about them since this morning. One of those things is housing. We need more than three million housing units in the next 10 years, and that is not even counting housing for the immigrants who are arriving in Canada by the hundreds of thousands. What does my colleague suggest we do to meet the urgent and growing need for housing? Does he have any advice for the party opposite?
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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23
Ms. Marilyn Gladu (Sarnia—Lambton, CPC)
  • Apr/27/23 1:57:09 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, although we desperately need affordable housing, the budget contains no decent plan for providing affordable housing. We are expecting many immigrants to arrive, but there is no plan for housing them. Would my colleague like to share his thoughts on that?
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