44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 13, 2022 10:00AM
- May/13/22 11:30:53 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member's question gives me an opportunity to again talk about our housing measures, which his party has voted against several times.
In budget 2022, we have a lot of measures to help access a new house and build more affordable housing. I hope this time around members will support the measures this government is presenting.
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- May/13/22 11:32:04 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for his question.
I myself have children who are millennials. I myself am having these discussions with my children about buying their first home.
The Conservatives only ever talk about buying a first property. Yes, that is important. However, they never talk about social housing. They never talk about affordability.
Ensuring that people can buy a house must not be our only focus. We also need to respect renters' rights to have a decent place to live. We need housing, not just home ownership.
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- May/13/22 11:33:12 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question.
That is precisely why we need to work not only on home ownership, but also on buyers' rights. Considering the issue of renovictions and units that are unaffordable, we need to ensure not only that people can buy a home, but also that people can rent affordably across the country.
That is exactly what we put in our budget: concrete measures to help every Canadian have a roof over their head.
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- May/13/22 11:34:16 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, again, I thank my colleague for her question.
I live in Canada, not in fantasyland. What I can tell her is that we need to work not only on access to home ownership and increasing the number of housing units, but also on buyers' rights and unfair practices in the real estate market.
The national housing strategies operate on several levels. I hope the Conservative Party will vote with us for once.
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- May/13/22 11:35:28 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for her question. Again, it gives me the opportunity to name a few of the measures in budget 2022, namely, the bill to implement an annual tax on the value of non-resident, non-Canadian-owned residential real estate. We also announced a two-year ban on on foreign investment in real estate.
We need to do something about access to home ownership. We need to make sure that every Canadian is able to buy a home, if they so desire, and more importantly, that every Canadian has a roof over their head.
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- May/13/22 11:36:36 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we are well aware that there is a housing crisis across the country, in every riding of every member of Parliament.
There is no silver bullet.
However, we have taken concrete action in this budget, and the Conservatives have voted against it every time. It is all well and good to say one thing and then say something different, but there are concrete measures in this budget, such as doubling construction across the country and helping people buy their first home and get into housing.
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