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House Hansard - 339

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 19, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Sep/19/24 10:18:05 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are all very aware there is a huge housing crisis happening right now. In my riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith, people are being particularly hard hit. For example, a two-bedroom in Nanaimo right now costs $2,459 per month. Who can afford that? Not many Canadians can. Unfortunately, a problem that both the former Conservative government and the Liberal government have been allowing is for large corporations to swoop in and buy up affordable homes, yet the Conservative member is now saying he has the solution. When the leader of the Conservatives was the minister of housing, he built zero affordable homes in British Columbia. When will the Conservatives actually take the problem seriously and build affordable homes that people can live in, not just allow rich developers to be propped up?
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Sep/19/24 12:21:41 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, there is so much to say, but I will try to keep it short and simple. I kept thinking about one thing while the member was talking about his time in government under the Harper government. While the Harper government was in power, while the current Leader of the Conservative Party was the housing minister, 800,000 affordable homes were lost. We know that we have lost affordable homes under the Liberal government as well. I do not know if we want to ask who is doing worse here, but we did not get here overnight. It has been consecutive Conservative and Liberal governments that have led us to the position we are in now. My question for the member is as follows. In that plan, does he talk about large corporate greed swooping in and buying up affordable homes?
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Sep/19/24 1:02:47 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I am happy to hear the member talking about the importance of affordable housing. I also think it is important that we focus on this. I want to point this out, though: When the Conservatives were in power, they lost 800,000 affordable homes. I also want to point out that, when the current leader of the Conservative Party was the housing minister, he built zero affordable homes in British Columbia. Exactly how would the member suggest we do it? Why does he never talk about the fact that both the former Conservative government and the current Liberal government have allowed rich CEOs to swoop in and buy up affordable homes, leaving people without the basic human right and dignity of a home, a roof to put over their head?
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Context: House Hansard - 339 - Sep/19/24
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
Madam Speaker, I want to thank all those across Canada who are serving our country. I want to acknowledge the victims of sexual trauma and assault serving in the armed forces who have not received the justice they deserve or the reassurance that things will be different for those who choose to serve after them. I am thankful for the work of my colleague from London—Fanshawe. I want to ask my colleague about a bill she has worked really hard on, Bill C-362, which is calling to make the national defence ombudsperson an officer of Parliament. Can the member share how the bill she put forward relates to the bill we are talking about today?
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