SoVote

Decentralized Democracy

House Hansard - 9

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 2, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 9 - Dec/2/21
Mr. Tom Kmiec (Calgary Shepard, CPC)
  • Dec/2/21 5:16:14 p.m.
  • Watch
Madam Speaker, I note that the member mentioned the first-time homebuyers incentive, and I have been a long-time critic of the program. It has only helped 9,100 Canadians actually purchase a home because the government has changed the criteria. As of this throne speech, this will be the third set of criteria since September 2019. If we just look at the number of homes sold last year in 2020, which was a pandemic year, over 550,000 homes changed hands, from a willing buyer to a willing purchaser, which is 1.6% of people. Will the government just admit, and will the member agree with me, that the program is a failure, and that it is time to abandon it to do something else like adopt the Conservative plan for housing?
134 words
  • Hear!
  • Rabble!
  • star_border