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House Hansard - 14

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 9, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 14 - Dec/9/21
Mr. Marty Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, CPC)
  • Dec/9/21 1:54:45 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the member opposite and her colleagues love to brag about their housing program. However, on August 10, four days before the call of the unnecessary election, the Parliamentary Budget Officer himself, Mr. Giroux, in his report entitled “Federal Program Spending on Housing Affordability in 2021” commented on the federal government's program. He said the program is having a limited impact. Why is the Parliamentary Budget Officer calling this program such a failure, when the Liberals love to brag about it so much?
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Context: House Hansard - 14 - Dec/9/21
Mr. Marty Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, CPC)
  • Dec/9/21 2:11:18 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise in the House today to proudly congratulate the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on their nail-biting victory against the Saskatchewan Roughriders just this past weekend. Our shared pride of the CFL never fails to bring excitement for the whole family to enjoy. Whether fans are watching from their television at home or cheering on the Bombers in person at the IG Field, this season has truly been one for the history books. No team scored more points than the Bombers. No team turned the ball over less or forced more giveaways than the Bombers. No team's margin of victory was consistently well into the double digits the way the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' was. I call on every member of the House to join me in wishing the best of luck to our team in blue as it faces the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for the coveted Grey Cup this coming Sunday. I hope Hamilton is ready; I know we are. Go, Bombers, go.
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Context: House Hansard - 14 - Dec/9/21
Mr. Marty Morantz (Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia—Headingley, CPC)
  • Dec/9/21 5:50:12 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, the proposal is 15% of those 37,000 buildings. That is roughly equivalent to 5,500 buildings, if we look at it that way. Of course, they would not all be in the same area, but that is roughly what we are talking about. We are not saying the federal government should just give them away. It could sell these buildings and potentially raise hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars, which it could leverage into a forward-looking new housing policy. Would my hon. friend not agree that it would be a win-win in this regard?
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