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House Hansard - 57

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 25, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22
Hon. Ahmed Hussen
  • Apr/25/22 2:53:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our budget contains a lot of measures to build more housing supply: 100,000 new homes through the housing accelerator fund, 6,000 more homes through new co-op buildings, 6,000 more homes through the rapid housing initiative and 20,000 more homes through the national housing co-investment fund. That is the supply we are taking about.
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Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22
Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)
  • Apr/25/22 6:12:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague talks a lot about inflation. She also talks about housing. Access to housing is a huge problem. One way to combat inflation is to increase housing supply. I would like her to tell us about the measures announced in the budget, which, in my opinion, are still too weak. I would like to hear her thoughts on this. What measures could we take to quickly increase housing supply, and in particular social housing?
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Context: House Hansard - 57 - Apr/25/22
Ms. Melissa Lantsman
  • Apr/25/22 6:12:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is absolutely right on the issue of supply, when it comes to the government's housing plan. I think the government has lacked any creation of supply or any significant creation of supply within our housing market, which is why we are seeing unaffordable 50% rises in places like the GTA, where I am from. I think the government needs to get on an aggressive track to build more, and we know from this budget that not a single home will be built this year. I asked the minister about it earlier today and he certainly could not give an answer, so I agree with the member that this is a supply-side solution where more of the same programs are not going to get houses built.
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