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House Hansard - 199

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 17, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Ms. Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)
  • May/17/23 2:58:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the federal watchdog for housing rights has called for an investigation into the government's failure to prevent and eliminate homelessness among women and gender-diverse people across Canada. Those who are especially at risk are indigenous women and two-spirit people. Instead of addressing it, the Liberals refuse to reverse their cut of $150 million to women's shelters, while barely releasing any of the funds they first announced in 2020 for shelters and transitional housing. When will the government stop with the empty promises and deal with this housing crisis with the urgency it requires?
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Lib.)
  • May/17/23 2:59:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I disagree with the hon. member. We have gone from just over $2 billion in funding for Reaching Home, Canada's homelessness strategy, to almost $4 billion. That is a doubling of the funding going to over 5,000 different projects to help divert tens of thousands of Canadians from homelessness to permanent housing solutions, as well as transitional homes. We have also introduced the rapid housing initiative, which is having tremendous success on the ground.
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Context: House Hansard - 199 - May/17/23
Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Lib.)
  • May/17/23 3:15:36 p.m.
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Mr. speaker, it is really hard to take the party opposite seriously on housing. In their previous election platform, Conservatives did not even have the words “affordable housing” in their platform. Now they have released a so-called plan that does not have the word “homelessness”. There is no plan for women's housing. There is no plan for northern housing. There is no plan for rapid housing. There is no plan for co-op housing. There is no plan for helping first-time homebuyers. There is no plan for helping renters. There is no plan for seniors' housing. There is no plan for accessible housing. There is absolutely no plan on that side of the house.
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