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House Hansard - 189

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 2, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné (Terrebonne, BQ)
  • May/2/23 11:13:55 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, my colleague mentioned the importance of municipalities several times. I know that she worked at the municipal level. The government says that municipalities are very important, that they are close to the people and that we need to encourage them to build social housing units, for example. How is it then that the current Liberal government is dipping into property taxes, especially with its tax on new housing under foreign ownership? Why is the Liberal government dipping into funds that should be used to build social housing? Is that not counterproductive?
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Context: House Hansard - 189 - May/2/23
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné (Terrebonne, BQ)
  • May/2/23 1:20:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask my colleague the following question. These assumptions will sound somewhat farfetched, but let us say that the Liberal government is sincere about its objective of providing affordable housing as part of a real housing strategy. That is the first assumption. The second has to do with the single page we keep mentioning, the one tiny page in the budget that deals with a real housing strategy. Let us say that the Liberals really want to do something with that. Will they walk the talk? How is it that the Liberal government's biggest investments in housing are never spent? We do not know. The reasons are unclear. Can our colleague finally enlighten us on this serious issue? In the end, the money never gets spent.
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