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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23

Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)

Apr/27/23 10:37:00 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague talked a lot about housing, a subject on which we agree. A few weeks ago in committee, I questioned a witness about the Century Initiative, which seems to have inspired the government to increase the number of immigrants to Canada to a minimum of 500,000 a year. When I questioned the witness, I asked if any thought had been given to the French language and to the need for housing. The answer was that the only consideration had been the economy. If the government insists on reaching its targets without considering the social aspects involved, what will happen to the budgets and needs of Canadians and of Quebeckers, in particular?

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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23

Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)

Apr/27/23 12:45:42 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I thank my hon. colleague for his speech, which once again demonstrates his well-developed sense of balance and impartiality. I recall that, during the pandemic, the government and the Prime Minister kept repeating that no one would be left behind. Even so, people with great credit scores of 800 and 900 ended up going bankrupt because they were among those left behind by the government. At some point, they were unable to make ends meet. These people have been left behind because when they file for bankruptcy or make a consumer proposal, their excellent credit rating is wiped out. There has been no effort to come up with legislation for this, and to ensure that the major credit score companies consider people's history and also exceptional circumstances. Is it not time to pass legislation so that these people are not left behind and their personal lives impacted for five or even 10 years by this omission?

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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23

Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)

Apr/27/23 12:58:24 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, on certain things, we do agree. The budget considers some people, but it leaves out a huge number of others. The fact that the budget offers no new money for housing is appalling. These announcements are nothing new. They were made before, over the past two years. Now, however, the need is glaring. It seems that 3.5 million housing units will be required in the next 10 years, without even factoring in population growth. Every newcomer has the right to decent housing. Will my colleague confirm that her government will invest new money in housing, instead of simply rehashing old announcements?

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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23

Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)

Apr/27/23 1:12:29 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague has a good grasp of the economy. We are both members of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates, where we received the Parliamentary Budget Officer, who mentioned in one of his recent reports that 30 years from now, Canada will have paid all of its debts since its creation in 1867. To achieve that, it will have brought the budgets of Quebec and the Canadian provinces to their knees, and some of those provinces will be technically bankrupt. Does my colleague not see a problem that needs to addressed, namely a fiscal imbalance that should never have happened in the first place?

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Context: House Hansard - 186 - Apr/27/23

Mrs. Julie Vignola (Beauport—Limoilou, BQ)

Apr/27/23 1:41:21 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague's question is going to be hard to beat. My opposition party colleague mentioned several things that are missing. Members have been talking about them since this morning. One of those things is housing. We need more than three million housing units in the next 10 years, and that is not even counting housing for the immigrants who are arriving in Canada by the hundreds of thousands. What does my colleague suggest we do to meet the urgent and growing need for housing? Does he have any advice for the party opposite?

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