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House Hansard - 330

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 12, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 330 - Jun/12/24
Hon. Soraya Martinez Ferrada (Minister of Tourism and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, Lib.)
  • Jun/12/24 2:35:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind my colleague that one of the measures in the last budget we tabled was praised by people like those at FRAPRU. This housing rights group noted that we invested $1.5 billion to take housing out of the market. What does that mean? It means securing and reserving affordable rents, off the market, for people who need them. That is exactly what we have done. We are going to work with every not-for-profit organization and municipality to achieve this, to increase the number of affordable and social housing units.
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Context: House Hansard - 330 - Jun/12/24
Ms. Bonita Zarrillo (Port Moody—Coquitlam, NDP)
  • Jun/12/24 2:36:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, tenants at Thorncliffe Park and across the country are rising up against corporate greed, which is causing skyrocketing rents and resulting in evictions and rising homelessness. Renters cannot keep up with the costs of unfair corporate practices, and the Liberals themselves are partners in making rental units unaffordable. This is a violation of the human right to housing. Why is the Liberal government partnering in exploitative practices and causing harm to Canadians?
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