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House Hansard - 13

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 8, 2021 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Dec/8/21 2:32:05 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a recent analysis found that the price of homes in Montreal has increased by 21% in the past year. It is impossible for people to find affordable housing. The Liberals say that there is nothing they can do about it. We disagree. The Liberal government has the tools to address this crisis. Why is the Prime Minister not doing anything to help people?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Dec/8/21 2:33:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, this Prime Minister’s actions come up short in the face of this crisis. The problem is also that the Liberal government prefers to favour the ultrarich instead of helping people. Here is a clear example. The Peel basin is federal land in Montreal. Instead of using that land to build affordable housing, this Liberal government wants to hand it over to its friend and billionaire developer, Mr. Bronfman. Why does the government favour the ultrarich instead of helping people?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Dec/8/21 2:49:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a recent survey of young Canadians between 18 and 24 across major cities in Canada has found that the vast majority of them do not believe they will ever be able to own their own homes. Rent— Some hon. members: Oh, oh!
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Jagmeet Singh
  • Dec/8/21 2:50:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a recent survey of young Canadians between 18 and 24 years of age across major urban centres in Canada has found that the vast majority of them believe that they will never be able to own their own places. Rent is going up, it is expensive to find a place to call home and the Prime Minister is not responding to this crisis with the urgency it requires. What does the Prime Minister have to say to young people who have given up on ever being able to own their own homes, who are worried if they can ever find a place that is in their budget? What does he have to say to them?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Dec/8/21 2:51:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister can continue all he wants. He has been in power for six years and in those six years, housing prices have gone up. It is more unaffordable. It is harder to find a place to call one's own after six years of the Liberal government being in power. The government asks what it can do. It can do a lot. There are some concrete steps it can take. It can end blind bidding, it can tackle house flipping and it can put a tax on foreign buyers. It can do that, and do it immediately. Why will the Prime Minister not use the fiscal update to put in place these measures to stop the housing prices from continuing to skyrocket?
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Context: House Hansard - 13 - Dec/8/21
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Dec/8/21 3:11:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have laid out how the housing crisis is impacting people, how inflation is driving up the cost of housing, and how the current government can take concrete steps to tackle it. We have laid out how it can tackle speculation by putting in specific measures to stop blind bidding, to stop property flipping and to discourage foreign buyers. It also needs to respond to the urgency of this crisis by building homes people can afford. We have called for massive and bold investments to build half a million new homes. Will the Prime Minister respond to the housing crisis with the urgency that it demands?
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