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House Hansard - 329

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 11, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 329 - Jun/11/24
Ms. Laurel Collins (Victoria, NDP)
  • Jun/11/24 12:08:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member talked about the Conservatives' so-called housing plan. The Conservatives' plan is to sell off public land to rich developers. They want to make their corporate landlord donors even wealthier. When the Leader of the Opposition was housing minister, he built all of six homes. He let half of the country go, with zero dollars to build more rentals. He lost 800,000 units of affordable housing. He sold them off to corporate landlords. This is the Conservatives' plan: cut and privatize. Canadians are worse off. Does the member not think that we should use public land and public money to build more non-market housing, more co-operative housing and more social housing, which would be more housing for people that people can actually afford?
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Context: House Hansard - 329 - Jun/11/24
Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)
  • Jun/11/24 1:39:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague spoke at length about housing. It is indeed a major problem. The housing crisis in Quebec and Canada is really two crises in one. There is the problem of availability, meaning the ability to find a home, and the problem of affordability, which is a very serious issue. Let me give an example. Right now, most federal programs result in the construction of housing units at 80% of market cost. As a result, we are collectively paying taxes to build one-bedroom units in Longueuil that cost $1,300 to rent and two-bedroom units in Montreal that cost $2,000 to rent. That is absolutely unacceptable. We are paying too much for housing units that are too expensive. We do not know who can afford to live in them. I recently spoke with the Minister of Housing. He is open to the idea of reviewing the concept of affordability in the federal programs to stop funding $1,300 or $2,000 units. What does my colleague think of that? Does he not think that it is about time we really started funding social housing for the most disadvantaged Canadians, single mothers, victims of domestic violence, all of those people living in tent cities across the country? We need to fund housing so that they can have somewhere to live.
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Context: House Hansard - 329 - Jun/11/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Jun/11/24 2:23:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, nine years ago, the Prime Minister promised he could spend uncontrollably and there would be a rich guy on a hill somewhere who would pay the bill. The middle class would not have to pay. What is the result? According to the Prime Minister, the total net worth of the richest Canadians has doubled since he took office. Meanwhile, nine in 10 middle-class Canadians are paying more tax. Housing costs have doubled, so 76% of middle class youth believe they will never afford a home. Two million people line up at a food bank because they cannot afford to eat on a middle-class salary. Given that the Prime Minister already broke this exact same promise over nine years, why should we believe him this time?
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Context: House Hansard - 329 - Jun/11/24
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Jun/11/24 2:52:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over one million Canadians with disabilities cannot afford bare necessities. They cannot keep up with groceries, housing or their medication costs. The Liberals promised that their new Canada disability benefit would lift Canadians with disabilities out of poverty; it will not. The $200 does not even scratch the surface of an adequate income. Will the finance minister admit the Liberals messed up the rollout of this benefit, listen to the community feedback and fix their botched mess?
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