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House Hansard - 212

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 13, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Jun/13/23 11:09:47 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I found parts of the member for Winnipeg North's speech difficult to hear, particularly when he spoke about historic investments on housing. I will tell the House why. In my community, homelessness has tripled since 2018. This is a crisis, and in this year's budget there was no new money for housing. The only new commitment was a back-loaded investment in indigenous housing, which is important but way too slow. If any other level of government were to take a year off from investing in housing, what would the member think of that?
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Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23
Ms. Louise Chabot
  • Jun/13/23 11:24:09 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question. However, I do not agree with his analysis. Let me be clear: I believe that investments need to be made, even in the most difficult economic times. Investments must be made in the most critical sectors, including health. The current government is not doing enough. It is not meeting needs. It needs to invest in housing and support social and affordable housing. Housing is a fundamental right. Again, money is being spent, but is it delivering the right results? Not necessarily. We must not throw the baby out with the bathwater. I do not think it is a matter of investment. I believe that it is more a matter of determining whether the investments being made deliver value for money.
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Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/23 2:28:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, if the Leader of the Opposition were serious about housing, he would have supported our housing investments. Instead, he is focused on cutting services, picking fights with municipalities and protecting wealthy landlords. On this side, our plan includes collaborating with municipalities, including investing $4 billion to fast-track new housing approvals to create 100,000 new homes; tying infrastructure investments to housing; helping Canadians save up for their first homes; providing support for low-income renters; and converting surplus federal lands into affordable housing.
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Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Jun/13/23 2:34:40 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we took this issue seriously back in 2017 when we put forward a $40-billion national housing strategy that the Conservatives opposed, even though they had not engaged in housing for 10 years and then got up to about $70 billion in the national housing strategy. More recently, we put $4 billion on the table directly to invest with municipalities instead of fighting with them like the Conservatives wanted to do; to work with them, to accelerate investments, to accelerate zoning processes, to accelerate permitting, to build more supply of housing and to take the pressure off so many Canadians around the housing market.
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Context: House Hansard - 212 - Jun/13/23
Mr. Ben Lobb (Huron—Bruce, CPC)
  • Jun/13/23 2:55:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the cabinet minister needs to get out of his ivory tower and wake up to the everyday common problems Canadians face. Canadians will be going to renew their mortgages in 2024 and 2025, and they are going to face a grim reality with the interest rates. In addition, businesses are trying to make investments to improve productivity, which would actually reduce inflation, if we can imagine that. When are the out-of-control-spending Liberals going to get their spending under control, reduce inflation and get interest rates under control?
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