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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 - 254 - Nov/23/23

Mr. Chad Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Lib.)

Nov/23/23 10:04:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that was a bit hard to listen to, because I was a municipal councillor at the time the member for Carleton was the housing minister. Municipalities begged and pleaded with the minister of the day for housing resources and none came. When we talk about support for municipalities, the leader continues to play the blame game. He is not helping municipal councils. He is blaming municipalities today, the small-town mayors and councillors who are trying to get housing supply out the door. He had his chance as part of a government to support municipalities for many years. In fact, we came individually and then went through FCM, and all of those efforts were rejected by the member and his government. It is hard to listen to the speech today by the member opposite when he talks about supporting municipalities. The Conservatives have no intention of doing that. If they did, they would have done it when their leader was in government prior.

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Context: House Hansard - 242 - Oct/30/23

Mr. Chad Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Lib.)

Oct/30/23 5:41:11 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my friend and colleague emphasized the importance of working with municipalities, provinces and everyone in the sector. The Leader of the Opposition has taken the approach of blaming municipalities, municipal councillors and mayors, who are our partners in this space. Could he elaborate on why it is so important, as a former mayor and municipal representative, to work with municipalities, rather than blaming them for the challenges we have nationally?

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Context: House Hansard - 190 - May/3/23

Mr. Chad Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Lib.)

May/3/23 3:16:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, while the leader of the official opposition blames local mayors and councillors for a lack of housing supply, our government has taken a different approach. Can the Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion inform this House as to the level— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!

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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23

Mr. Chad Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Lib.)

May/2/23 5:36:12 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I do not know if the member opposite knows this, but his leader, today and for the last number of months, has been blaming municipalities, small town mayors and big city mayors. He has been critical of mayors and councillors across the country for not doing their part as it relates to assisting with the affordable housing supply, and the housing supply in general. Our government, as members know, has taken a more collaborative approach, working with municipalities to provide support in building supply. I wonder, as a small town mayor, whether he feels that a more collaborative approach is better than the one that his leader is taking, which is to demonize municipalities that are, in large part, trying to help all levels of government with the challenges we face.

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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23

Mr. Chad Collins (Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Lib.)

May/2/23 1:49:53 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it has been an odd debate to follow today because we have consistently heard the message from the party opposite blaming municipalities for a lack of supply and lack of affordable housing support, and many of them are former mayors and councillors. What I have not heard today is any one member of the Conservatives single out a municipality or tell the government which municipalities are the gatekeepers, which ones have the red tape and are blocking supply. Not one of the Conservative members have referenced that, and I hope the member opposite can assist right now in identifying a geography in Canada that is not playing its part.

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