44th Parl. 1st Sess.

September 18, 2023 11:00AM

Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23

Hon. Chrystia Freeland (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Lib.)

Sep/18/23 2:59:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Mike Moffatt said that the housing plan announced by the Prime Minister last week is “hugely important.... This will make the numbers work.” The governments of Ontario, B.C. and Newfoundland have already followed suit, but what do the Conservatives say about this practical plan to get more homes built? They say that we do not need more spending. How do they think we are going to get homes built in Canada? Is it by magic? We need home builders to invest more and build faster. That is what our government is making possible. That is what is going to fix the housing challenge.

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Context: House Hansard - 219 - Sep/18/23

Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)

Sep/18/23 3:01:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I find it fascinating to watch the Conservatives' line of questioning. They certainly seem to think they have the solutions to Canada's housing crisis, but when we actually look at what they are proposing, they are just tinkering around the edges with half measures that would not make a meaningful difference. We are getting rid of the GST on apartment construction in this country, and provincial governments are following suit. We are advancing measures to change the way that cities build houses, so they build them next to transit stations, colleges and universities. We are going to require that they build them more densely. We have much more to come over the course of the fall, but if we put our plan against theirs, it will win seven days a week.

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