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House Hansard - 156

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 8, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 156 - Feb/8/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/8/23 2:27:07 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what the Prime Minister has done is double the rent to $2,200 a month as an average in the 10 biggest cities. He has doubled the home heating bills right across the country, and he has doubled the average mortgage payment to well over $3,000 a month. No wonder nine out of 10 young people who do not own a home believe they never will. This is after eight years of inflationary policies that have driven up the cost of housing and driven up interest rates to pay for it. Why will the Prime Minister not admit that these things are broken after eight years of his leadership so that we can fix them?
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Context: House Hansard - 156 - Feb/8/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/8/23 2:27:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over the past eight years we have stepped up on investing in housing. We have invested in low-income rentals, and we have made sure that seniors have extra supports so they can retire with dignity. The previous Conservative government consistently nickelled and dimed seniors and veterans and refused to support young families. These are the kinds of things we have been working on, and yes, there is more to do. This is why we were so surprised that the Conservative Party stood against extra supports for low-income renters and supporting families to send their kids to dentists when they could not afford it. These are things we will continue to do.
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Context: House Hansard - 156 - Feb/8/23
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Feb/8/23 2:50:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem admitted that the government's approach to dealing with the inflation, rate hike after rate hike, has only made things worse for Canadians. Household debt and the cost of housing are through the roof. Now what we are dealing with is a Prime Minister who promised to make it more affordable for people to find homes to call their own but has done the opposite. Why has the Prime Minister made it so expensive to find a home to call one's own?
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Context: House Hansard - 156 - Feb/8/23
Mr. Mike Morrice (Kitchener Centre, GP)
  • Feb/8/23 3:13:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it has been almost a year since the governing party promised to bring in a homebuyers' bill of rights, to end blind bidding in home sales and to tackle large corporate investors in the housing market. All of those actions would help make housing more affordable, but the federal government has not implemented any of them yet. What are they waiting for? We need urgent action on the housing crisis. When will the Prime Minister finally deliver on these promises?
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