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House Hansard - 161

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 15, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 161 - Feb/15/23
Mr. Michael Coteau (Don Valley East, Lib.)
  • Feb/15/23 2:02:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure today to rise in the House to speak about an extraordinary Canadian during Black History Month. Eva Smith was a tireless advocate in my community of Don Valley East and worked so hard to fight for the rights of young people who are homeless. She advocated, and continued to advocate, until, in 1989, she was able to get a homeless shelter built in our community. Through her continued advocacy, which was not very popular at the time, fighting for homeless rights for young people, she continued to build more satellite locations across this city. I want to take this opportunity to thank the late Eva Smith, an extraordinary Canadian, for the work she did in our community.
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Context: House Hansard - 161 - Feb/15/23
Mr. Scott Aitchison (Parry Sound—Muskoka, CPC)
  • Feb/15/23 3:08:49 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years of the government, housing is broken. Health care workers are living in tents, students are living in homeless shelters, vacancy rates are at an all-time low and rental rates are now $2,000 a month. Home prices have doubled under the government's watch, and nine out of 10 young people who do not own homes in this country think they never will. Everyone agrees that Canada is in a housing crisis, everyone except the housing minister that is. If the minister refuses to even acknowledge that a crisis exists, how can Canadians trust him to fix it?
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