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House Hansard - 119

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 27, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 119 - Oct/27/22
Ms. Lisa Marie Barron (Nanaimo—Ladysmith, NDP)
  • Oct/27/22 11:22:00 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, we know that this $500 one-time benefit is going to help so many Canadians, as my colleague said. It is a step in the right direction, but it is not going to solve the bigger issue of the financialization of housing that we are seeing. In my riding of Nanaimo—Ladysmith, we recently sent a letter to the Minister of Housing, Diversity and Inclusion, to call upon the minister to stop the financialization of housing. This included 15 individuals from first nations organizations and others, all asking for change from the Liberal government. Is the member in agreement that we need to move forward to ensure that housing is not being used as a commodity? Will he be working alongside us to begin making the changes necessary so that Canadians can have access to their human right of housing?
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Context: House Hansard - 119 - Oct/27/22
Ms. Jenny Kwan (Vancouver East, NDP)
  • Oct/27/22 11:54:25 a.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-31 
Madam Speaker, one critical issue the member has raised is affordability in housing, with which I wholeheartedly agree. Part of the problem is with respect to the financialization of housing, where housing is being treated as a commodity instead of what it is, which is a basic human right. Would the member agree that we need to take action to address the financialization of housing and begin putting a moratorium on it?
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