SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 233

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 17, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 233 - Oct/17/23
Mr. Pierre Paul-Hus (Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles, CPC)
  • Oct/17/23 2:42:28 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, what does the minister have to say to Montrealers who have to earn $116,000 a year if they are thinking of buying a property? Elsewhere in Canada, in Toronto for example, a house hunter would need an income of $235,000, and in Vancouver, they would need an income of $250,000. It is easy to understand why young people have lost hope of ever becoming homeowners. This government has abandoned our middle class and abandoned young people. After eight years of catastrophic mismanagement, will the government commit to immediately putting an end to its inflationary spending so that our young people can one day hope to become homeowners?
113 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 233 - Oct/17/23
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Oct/17/23 2:53:15 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, that is precisely the problem. This time last year, they said they were going to eliminate the deficit. That is not true at all. That is why we are very skeptical when they announce such things. Anxiety is a growing reality among young Canadians. Today's Journal de Québec and Journal de Montréal report that 61% of young people fear they will never be homeowners. Claude Pinard, the head of Centraide of Greater Montreal, has said that many young people are realizing that they will never be able to buy a home, so they are giving up on their dream. To be young and have your dreams crushed is very un-Canadian. Will this government finally understand that in order to curb inflation, the government must at the very least control its spending?
139 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 233 - Oct/17/23
Mr. Joël Godin (Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier, CPC)
  • Oct/17/23 3:03:40 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, Quebeckers are worried about debt. Young people fear that they will never be homeowners. That is what we read this morning in a Quebec newspaper this morning. After eight years of this Liberal government, with the complicity of the Bloc Québécois, our young people are pessimistic about the future. They see that it is costly to vote for the Bloc, just as it is costly to vote for the Liberals. What new measures will be taken now to help our young people realize their dreams of home ownership?
95 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border
Context: House Hansard - 233 - Oct/17/23
Hon. Marie-Claude Bibeau (Minister of National Revenue, Lib.)
  • Oct/17/23 3:04:21 p.m.
  • Watch
Mr. Speaker, the tax-free first home savings account is a perfect example of how we are working to help our young people become homeowners. It is a way for them to save money on their tax return and invest more in their down payment for their first home.
50 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border