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House Hansard - 236

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 20, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 236 - Oct/20/23
Mr. Scott Aitchison (Parry Sound—Muskoka, CPC)
  • Oct/20/23 11:32:23 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the NDP-Liberal government, all Canadians now know that the Prime Minister is simply not worth the cost. In 2021, a couple from Fergus, Ontario, swapped their four-bedroom, 2,400-square-foot home on three-quarters of an acre for a 6,300-square-foot, 16th century French château on 37 acres near the Bordeaux wine region in the south of France. Today, they admit that if they were to sell that mansion in the south of France, they would not have enough money to buy their old home in Fergus. I am wondering why it is cheaper to buy a mansion in the south of France than a family home in rural Ontario.
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Context: House Hansard - 236 - Oct/20/23
Mr. Scott Aitchison (Parry Sound—Muskoka, CPC)
  • Oct/20/23 11:33:45 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I think the government maybe misses the point. Canada has 20 times the land and half the people of France and it is still cheaper to buy a house in France. Of course, after eight years of the Prime Minister's inflationary deficits, mortgage costs have doubled. In 2015, the average mortgage payment was $1,400. Today, it is over $3,500, and now half of Canada's housing markets are severely unaffordable. When will the NDP-Liberal coalition finally end its inflationary deficits so Canadians can afford to keep their homes?
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