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House Hansard - 193

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 9, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Lib.)
  • May/9/23 2:41:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for the question. It is very important to understand that immigration is actually one of the tools among a number of tools in our toolset that we use to address the skills and labour shortage within the construction and building trades sector to actually build housing for Canadians. I would invite my hon. colleague to look at our national housing strategy, the housing accelerator fund, the results we have delivered through programs like the rapid housing initiative and the Canada housing benefit to see the real effects on the ground to deliver more safe and affordable housing for Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Lib.)
  • May/9/23 2:47:10 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, to make housing more affordable for Canadians, we have to build more housing faster. That is why we are making unprecedented investments to quickly increase the supply of housing and put Canada on track to double the rate of housing construction over the next decade. That is what the federal government's housing plan looks like.
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Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Lib.)
  • May/9/23 3:10:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member for Yukon for his strong advocacy on this important issue. No relationship is more important to Canada than the one with indigenous people. We know that far too many indigenous women, children and 2SLGBTQI+ people fleeing violence do not have the necessary supports. That is why yesterday I was pleased to join my colleagues to announce $103 million to support the creation of shelters and transitional housing in 21 communities across Canada. These projects will be indigenous-led and will offer culturally appropriate wraparound support. This is the national housing strategy at work.
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Context: House Hansard - 193 - May/9/23
Hon. Ahmed Hussen (Minister of Housing and Diversity and Inclusion, Lib.)
  • May/9/23 3:12:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I share the hon. member's concern to make sure that we continue to protect vulnerable renters. That is why our government introduced the groundbreaking Canada housing benefit that is delivering rental supports to tens of thousands of vulnerable renters across the country. In addition to that, we introduced a top-up to the Canada housing benefit that has gone on to almost a million Canadians. We will continue to make sure that we are there for Canadian renters. We will do our part to prevent renovictions and the financialization of housing. Part of it is also building more rentals through the rental construction financing initiative through the national housing strategy.
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