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House Hansard - 218

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 21, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/21/23 2:44:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, here is a real plan to make housing affordable: Balance the budget to bring down inflation and interest rates on Canadians' mortgages; require that cities increase the number of permitted homes by 15% in order to get more infrastructure money and pay the money out once the houses are completed and the keys are in doors; require every federally funded transit station to have high-density housing all around it; and sell off 6,000 underutilized federal buildings to convert them into affordable housing and use the proceeds to reduce the deficit. How is that for a plan?
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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/21/23 2:52:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he has not hit a single climate target since he brought this tax in. According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, whom he appointed, in every province in Canada this tax will cost families more than they get back in these phony rebates. In fact, it will be over $2,000 for the average family per year. The plan is to raise the tax to 61¢ a litre. Canadians cannot afford to eat, heat and house themselves. Why does he not axe the tax so we can bring home lower prices?
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Context: House Hansard - 218 - Jun/21/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre
  • Jun/21/23 5:36:36 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am glad to hear that the hon. member wants balanced budgets. I agree with that. I have put forward several ideas for saving money. For example, $35 billion of taxpayers' money was allocated to the infrastructure bank. However, it has not completed a single project in five years. This is an enormous waste of money. What is more, the amounts awarded to consultants keep increasing, even though we have a larger public service that can do exactly the same work. Buying back hunting rifles is another example of waste. There is a lot of waste in this government. We will eliminate waste and balance the budget to bring down inflation and interest rates.
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