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House Hansard - 252

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 21, 2023 10:00AM
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The Speaker
  • Nov/21/23 4:31:14 p.m.
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Order, please. I would like to remind all members this is the period for questions and comments. The hon. member for Elmwood—Transcona still has the floor.
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Hon. Chrystia Freeland
  • Nov/21/23 4:32:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the hon. member for Elmwood—Transcona for his commitment to Canadians and for his hard work on housing. We absolutely understand the urgency of investing in housing. We need to invest in housing today, and we need to have a plan to continue investing in housing going forward. I am very pleased that our investments in housing right now include supporting the development of co-op housing and of lifting the GST from new co-op developments, along with providing new funding to get them built. As someone who has lived in a co-op, I can tell members that this is one of the best forms of affordable housing, and it creates great communities at the same time.
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Context: House Hansard - 252 - Nov/21/23
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Nov/21/23 6:08:19 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-56 
Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the words from the member for Elmwood—Transcona on calling out the extent of the disappointment on housing time and again. We saw it again this afternoon. I give credit to the NDP on Bill C-56, which was able to negotiate a fix to ensure co-ops would have access to that really important measure. When we see this happen time and time again, at what point is enough enough? At what point do we say that the juice is not worth the squeeze and that we need to make sure more gets done on housing, along with so many of the other challenges our country faces, and we need to make sure the government does better and more?
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