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Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

Apr/4/22 12:52:56 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-8

Madam Speaker, Bill C-8 barely skims the surface on the issue of housing. This morning, the Radio-Canada website had a scathing article about the Liberal government's housing strategy. According to the federal housing advocate, who was appointed by the Liberal government to ensure its major national housing strategy is followed, the housing crisis is directly related to the neo-liberal policies that have been in place in Canada for the past 30 to 35 years. I do not think she is talking about the agreement between the NDP and Liberals, but rather the right-wing policies of governments during that time. I simply wanted to draw my colleague's attention to the fact that a lot of money is being spent on the housing file in Canada these days, yet the targets are not being met. Does he not think that we should be investing heavily to bring the housing crisis to an end?

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Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22

Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

Apr/4/22 1:08:00 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-8

Madam Speaker, I will continue with the question I asked another Conservative colleague earlier about the housing crisis. This morning, Radio‑Canada posted a very interesting article on housing, which reads as follows: The largest program under the national strategy is the rental construction financing initiative. This program has a budget of nearly $26 billion, or 40% of the national housing strategy....According to the initiative's rules, 20% of the units have to be affordable....The problem is that only 3% of the units funded by the initiative meet the needs of low‑income households. We are spending 40% of $26 bilion on this affordable housing program, but only 3% is effectively being used to build affordable units. My Conservative colleagues are always worried about inflation, but how can we both house people and prevent inflation from rising?

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Context: House Hansard - 52 - Apr/4/22

Mr. Denis Trudel (Longueuil—Saint-Hubert, BQ)

Apr/4/22 1:54:51 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-8

Mr. Speaker, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the IPCC, released a report this morning at 11 a.m. I would like to know what my colleague thinks about it. For example, the report states that projected carbon dioxide emissions from existing and currently planned fossil fuel infrastructure exceed the total emissions that would limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. That is a big deal. Furthermore, the IPCC calculates that, by 2050, the equivalent of $1 trillion to $4 trillion U.S. in fossil fuels must be left in the ground to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius. I would like to know what my colleague thinks about that.

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