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Chad Collins

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Liberal
  • Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
  • Ontario
  • Voting Attendance: 64%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $105,519.46

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Context: House Hansard - 232 - Oct/16/23
Mr. Chad Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Lib.)
  • Oct/16/23 2:55:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, while the Leader of the Opposition continues to blame municipal mayors and councillors for our housing challenges, we have decided to work in collaboration with other levels of government, including our municipal partners. Our housing programs, including the housing accelerator fund, incentivize municipalities, non-profits and the private sector to build more affordable homes, including purpose-built rentals. Can the Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities please share with the House the importance of working in partnership with other levels of government and other housing stakeholders?
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Context: House Hansard - 135 - Nov/25/22
Mr. Chad Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Lib.)
  • Nov/25/22 11:00:51 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely imperative that all levels of government make strategic investments in the affordable housing sector to assist those who need it most. Our government's historic $72-billion national housing strategy provides supports to co-ops, non-profits and municipalities, programs that provide emergency shelter and housing to thousands of our most vulnerable Canadians. We cannot do it alone. We need all provinces and territories to provide the same types of investments. Unfortunately, here in the province of Ontario, Premier Ford has adopted the same approach to the affordable housing file as the federal Leader of the Opposition and former prime minister Harper. They all mistakenly believe the private sector, through an archaic form of trickle-down economics, will solve the problem. It is time we take a firm approach with Premier Ford and his government on the affordable housing file. He continues to ignore the needs of our homeless population living rough. He continues to ignore the housing needs of tens of thousands of low-income seniors and people with disabilities, who have waited years on affordable housing wait-lists. The provision of affordable housing is a shared responsibility, and it is time he got serious and committed to building more affordable housing for Ontarians.
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