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House Hansard - 189

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 2, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Mr. John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest, CPC)
  • May/2/23 4:24:29 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I would like to give the member an opportunity to respond to a little preamble. I appreciate that the member is recognizing that it is a housing crisis, but what is the government doing to actually build housing stock? The patchwork approach the government has taken, the whack-a-mole approach to come out with a new program for its failures, is not helpful on the long term. We need to build more housing, both for Canadians and new Canadians. What exactly is the government doing to get more housing stock on the market?
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • May/2/23 5:24:57 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, this day has not been easy. All day long, the Liberals have been playing us the same tune about how things are not so bad and the situation is not so dramatic. We do not agree with the Conservatives' motion, but at least they brought this debate to the House today. I thank them for it because it is truly an important debate. I would like to set the record straight on the situation in Quebec. A CMHC economist I talked to recently said that we need to build 1.1 million housing units in the next 10 years. The private sector will build 500,000 that the government will not need to get involved with. To safeguard affordability and allow people to have access to housing they can afford, the governments need to step up directly or indirectly to build 600,000 housing units. It is believed that in the past five years, under the great strategy, 115,000 units were built. When will the government really get to work for this society's less fortunate?
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