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House Hansard - 171

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
March 22, 2023 01:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 171 - Mar/22/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/22/23 2:23:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we know that people across the country continue to face challenges in terms of finding affordable housing. That is why we launched the national housing strategy in 2017. Last week, I was in Guelph, Ontario, to announce $4 billion in investments for municipalities across the country so they can build more housing faster and make housing affordable for Canadians. We know it takes investment to meet Canadians' expectations, and that is exactly what we are doing.
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Context: House Hansard - 171 - Mar/22/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/22/23 2:33:51 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, over the past eight years, we have made historic investments in housing to give Canadians access to more affordable housing. In fact, that is why I was so pleased to be in Guelph, Ontario, last week to announce $4 billion in investments for municipalities across the country to build housing faster, particularly affordable housing. We know there is still a lot of work to do, but with our housing accelerator fund, our rapid housing initiative, our homelessness strategy and our affordability plan, we will continue to be there for Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 171 - Mar/22/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/22/23 2:39:48 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative leader is actually arguing that fewer investments in Canadians, fewer investments alongside municipalities and provinces, and fewer programs to support Canadians would somehow have solved this problem. That is the problem with Conservatives. They think cuts can create growth. They think fewer investments in Canadians will get people to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and succeed. We believe in investing in the middle class and people working hard to join it, and that is why Canadians are doing better than they were before.
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Context: House Hansard - 171 - Mar/22/23
Mr. Jagmeet Singh (Burnaby South, NDP)
  • Mar/22/23 2:52:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act proposes a plan to create good jobs and protect the environment. Sadly, the Prime Minister has not shown the same leadership here in Canada. We need a plan that creates good jobs and good union jobs and also protects the environment. Sadly, if that plan is not here, we are going to lose jobs in Canada, and that is a serious threat. Will the Prime Minister make a commitment today that the budget will include a plan to respond to the IRA, and, in addition, that any investments that go to corporations are tied, with guaranteed strings attached, to creating jobs in communities?
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Context: House Hansard - 171 - Mar/22/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Mar/22/23 2:56:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is increasingly clear that the Conservatives are struggling to continue with their anti-climate change arguments. They do not think that fighting climate change is a way of growing the economy. We are seeing investments come in from around the world. We are seeing Canadians understand that innovation and clean solutions are part and parcel of not just a stronger future for our economy in general but their jobs, their careers and their kids' careers. We are going to continue to show leadership around the world in drawing in green investments while we support small businesses with some of the lowest small business taxes in the world. These are things that we will continue to—
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