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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22

Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)

Nov/17/22 10:51:32 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-32

Mr. Speaker, I must admit that this morning I am feeling a bit frustrated. I am sick and tired of seeing the Liberal government drop their little announcements here and there to get positive media coverage. The Liberals tell us that they are handing out $500 for rent and then complain that the opposition parties think it is not enough. Of course it is not enough. Of course we agree when they say that it is better than nothing. We will take the $500, but that is a ridiculous amount when we consider the real cost of housing. What we need is a massive investment in social housing. It is the same thing when they say that this year people will receive roughly $400. Of course we will take it, but these are not meaningful measures. When I talk about meaningful measures, and I am sick of pointing this out every time I stand up, I am talking about an increase to old age security starting at 65. I think this shows a serious lack of respect for our seniors, who are struggling to buy groceries. The Liberals merrily make their little announcements and then they will tell me they have helped seniors. I want a real answer. When will they increase old age security starting at age 65?

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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22

Mr. Yves Perron

Nov/17/22 11:17:16 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-32

Mr. Speaker, I will not often defend the leader of the Conservatives, but let us be serious about our work. We must work on the measures that the government presented so we can help people face inflation, but the member has spent about eight minutes talking about cryptocurrencies. People are watching us on television. Can we get to work?

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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22

Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)

Nov/17/22 11:38:37 a.m.
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Re: Bill C-32

Mr. Speaker, it is ironic to hear the Liberals talk about health transfers and about how the Conservatives will offer less, when the amount is already so small. In any case, we will give them a fair chance. I thank my colleague for sticking to the topic of the day for his whole speech. I appreciate it. He talked a lot about housing. This is an essential and very important issue. Housing costs are a major challenge for nearly everyone at this time. What does my colleague think about a major investment in social housing, and how does he propose we go about it? It would take some people out of the market and relieve the pressure on prices. This should be done quickly with a significant amount of money.

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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22

Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)

Nov/17/22 12:06:27 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-32

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. I would like to hear him talk about housing. We know that the housing crisis is one of the very important factors of the inflationary situation that we are experiencing at the moment. At the Bloc Québécois, we believe that we should invest massively in social housing. We even believe that we should make a permanent commitment to invest 1% of the budget in social housing every year to reduce the pressure on the market and remove a certain number of tenants from the market. We believe that this could be an effective solution. Of course, it would require a great deal of construction. I would like to hear my colleague's thoughts on this.

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Context: House Hansard - 129 - Nov/17/22

Mr. Yves Perron (Berthier—Maskinongé, BQ)

Nov/17/22 1:43:14 p.m.
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Re: Bill C-32

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for his speech. He talked about ways to fight inflation. A basic and very important way would be to significantly boost residential housing starts, which would reduce pressure on the housing market, and on social housing in particular. Social housing would remove low-income people from the current market and would reduce that pressure. I would like my colleague to expand on that and on the Parti Québécois's proposal to allocate 1% of the annual budget to social housing going forward.

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