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House Hansard - 189

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 2, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • May/2/23 3:09:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, part of my riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith is on the traditional territories of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. Snuneymuxw entered into a treaty in 1854, yet this agreement has not been upheld. The government has committed to transfer land where the former Nanaimo Indian Hospital stood to Snuneymuxw, but continues to delay despite being aware of the potential presence of unmarked graves at this site. It is shameful. Will the government finally transfer this land to Snuneymuxw so they can move forward as they see fit to ensure justice and healing can begin?
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Mr. Jean-Denis Garon (Mirabel, BQ)
  • May/2/23 4:07:40 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, it will come as no surprise to anyone that the Quebec government wants full powers over immigration. Part of the housing crisis can be attributed to the fact that the construction of new housing has not kept up with population growth. Can my colleague not face the facts and recognize that it would be more efficient and more productive to give Quebec full control over its immigration and, at the same time, that it makes sense to transfer the money to Quebec so that it can plan its supply of new housing for the long term, taking immigration into account, if only to ensure that the housing crisis does not get worse? Since 2016, we should have had 100,000 more new homes than we do now. Does my colleague not realize that the Liberal national housing strategy is a complete failure and that there are human consequences to that?
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