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House Hansard - 222

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 21, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 222 - Sep/21/23
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • Sep/21/23 2:28:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the housing crisis is the result of Liberal and Conservative budget cuts to social housing and co-operative housing programs. Now we are learning that the elimination of the GST on housing construction does not include a definition of affordable housing. It is absolutely ridiculous, insulting even. What planet do the Liberals live on? Housing is a fundamental right. People's lives are at stake. Will the Liberals put people before profits and build two million social and co-operative housing units?
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Context: House Hansard - 222 - Sep/21/23
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, NDP)
  • Sep/21/23 4:23:46 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-33 
Madam Speaker, on July 6, 2013, a Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway train derailed and exploded in Lac-Mégantic, killing 47 people in one of the worst rail tragedies in our history. Philippe Falardeau made a documentary entitled Ceci n'est pas un accident or this is not an accident. This disaster could have been predicted as a result of government policies that were initially introduced by the Conservatives but then maintained by the Liberals. Unfortunately, Bill C-33 does not fix anything. Self-inspections, the lack of a two-driver requirement and the absence of requirements for brakes on these vehicles mean that a tragedy like this could happen again. Are the Liberals open to amendments in committee to ensure that this type of tragedy never happens again?
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