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House Hansard - 54

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 6, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 54 - Apr/6/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Apr/6/22 2:39:52 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I will point out that the Conservative Party's marquee promise around housing was to give tax breaks to wealthy landlords to help them sell their buildings, things that would not have helped anything or any ordinary Canadians working hard to afford their homes. That is why we moved forward with the 2017 national housing strategy, and that is why in tomorrow's budget we will be making significant investments in housing and in supporting Canadians with the range of solutions that are necessary. There is no one solution. There are only meaningful efforts across the board by the government to make sure that things get better for Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 54 - Apr/6/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Apr/6/22 2:42:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we recognize the pressures faced by Canadians in the housing market, particularly young Canadians, which is why, contrary to what the Conservatives are recommending, we are going to continue to invest in them and support them. Over the past years, with our investments, we have helped over two million families get the housing they need. We have committed $72 billion for the national housing strategy. We supported the creation and repair of over 440,000 homes. We have invested to increase rental units by over 71,000. We recognize there is much more to do. With tomorrow's budget, that is what we are going to do.
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Context: House Hansard - 54 - Apr/6/22
Ms. Melissa Lantsman (Thornhill, CPC)
  • Apr/6/22 2:58:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, housing in the GTA is scarce and expensive, and it is getting worse. Home prices have doubled under this government, and Canada still has the fewest homes per capita of any G7 country. The government will muse about their so-called plans to fund affordable housing just to have their new NDP dance partners at every level of government oppose actual development of this housing. When will the Prime Minister tell Canadians why he thinks only those with a trust fund deserve the dream of home ownership?
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Context: House Hansard - 54 - Apr/6/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau
  • Apr/6/22 2:59:27 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after 10 years of Conservatives choosing to underinvest in housing, for the past seven years we have been making up the slack by investing in communities, by investing in a national housing strategy worth around $72 billion now and by continuing to move forward to support people in the GTA and across the country to be able to afford their homes, afford their rents and move forward in a responsible way. That is what we have been focused on. That is what we will continue to do.
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Context: House Hansard - 54 - Apr/6/22
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Apr/6/22 3:00:35 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member opposite wants to talk about results. Our investments in housing across this country have helped over two million families get the housing they need, have supported the creation and repair of over 440,000 homes and have invested to increase rental units by over 71,000, but we know there is more to do, which is why we will not be listening to Conservative politicians when they tell us to cut supports to Canadians. Instead we are going to continue to invest responsibly in families to help them build a better future for themselves and future generations.
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