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House Hansard - 215

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 16, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 215 - Jun/16/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/16/23 11:22:13 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, the solution is to build more homes, yet since the Prime Minister took office, the number of houses per capita in this country has dropped. The average mortgage payment is up 122%. The average rent is up over 100% and the average down payment is up over 100%. That is his record of doubling housing costs, after eight years of running deficits that drive interest rates up and of funding local gatekeepers that block construction. Will the Liberals balance the budget to bring down interest rates and inflation, and link dollars for cities to the number of houses completed?
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Context: House Hansard - 215 - Jun/16/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/16/23 11:24:49 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, what we delivered was affordable housing. The average house cost when I was the minister responsible was $450,000. Today, it is well over $700,000. The average mortgage cost was $1,400; now it is over $3,000. The average rent was $1,000; now it is over $2,000. The member is right, though, that our programs cost far less to taxpayers. We spent far less to achieve far more. Housing was cheap. The way we can make it affordable again is by requiring that cities get out of the way and let builders build. Why do they not bring in place a “dollars for doors” policy that gets things—
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