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House Hansard - 319

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 28, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 319 - May/28/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • May/28/24 2:21:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the incompetence of this Prime Minister and the Liberal mayor of Montreal, who is blocking construction, has caused rents to triple in Montreal. We learned the worst today. Under the headline “Major holdup”, La Presse reported that, “since 2019, [building] permit wait times have more than doubled.” Why is the Prime Minister continuing to send $95 million to politicians and municipalities that are blocking construction?
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Context: House Hansard - 319 - May/28/24
Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)
  • May/28/24 2:33:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, Canada's housing crisis is only getting worse. The Liberals claim, in budget 2024, that they are going to build 3.87 million homes by 2031. That would mean a new home completed every 57 seconds, every day. At the housing committee, I asked Richard Lyall, a home-building expert, if this was realistic, and he said not a chance. The Prime Minister is not worth the cost of housing. Will the Prime Minister stop funding photo ops and start building the homes that Canadians desperately need?
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Context: House Hansard - 319 - May/28/24
Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)
  • May/28/24 2:34:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it was announced just this morning that, in fact, housing starts are down in my community and across the country. In 2015, people could actually afford a home. Nine years of the NDP-Liberal government has only brought us a housing crisis. The head of the Residential Construction Council of Ontario said that construction is down there. We are seeing this across the entire country. He said that high financing costs and development charges mean homebuilders are sitting at home instead of building homes. Since the Prime Minister has no meaningful plan, will the Liberals vote for our housing bill put forward by the Conservative opposition leader to build the homes, not bureaucracy?
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Context: House Hansard - 319 - May/28/24
Mr. Richard Bragdon (Tobique—Mactaquac, CPC)
  • May/28/24 2:36:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after nine years of the NDP-Liberal government, Canadians are hungry and homeless. Yesterday, it was confirmed at committee what Conservatives have been saying all along, that the housing minister will never meet his targets. In Saint John, New Brunswick, the lack of housing options is leaving a family in a leaky, mouldy apartment. Cory Hamilton, the father of four, is worried about the health and safety of his family. Ten new people a week are going homeless in Halifax in the minister's own backyard. When will the Liberals stop funding photo ops and start building the homes Canadians desperately need?
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Context: House Hansard - 319 - May/28/24
Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Lib.)
  • May/28/24 2:40:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member is talking about building housing. Do members know how many homes the Conservative leader built when he was the minister responsible for housing? It was not 10 units. It was not nine units. It was not eight or seven units. The Conservative leader built six affordable housing units across the country during his entire term as the minister responsible for housing. Municipalities in Quebec are currently building 8,000 affordable housing units with the support of the Canadian government. Let us compare the 8,000 housing units being built in Quebec's so-called incompetent municipalities with the six housing units built by the Conservative leader.
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