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House Hansard - 228

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
October 3, 2023 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 228 - Oct/3/23
Mr. Gérard Deltell (Louis-Saint-Laurent, CPC)
  • Oct/3/23 3:47:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the housing crisis is hurting hundreds of thousands of families across Canada. TVA recently reported the heartbreaking story of one Lanaudière family: a single mother and her three children who had to leave their home and move into a garage. We are a G7 country. This is outrageous. It is small wonder that the woman said she was living through “hell” at the moment. Now the government is proposing to introduce a new tax. Even the Bloc Québécois is sold on the idea. Does anyone think it is right to introduce a new tax when hundreds of thousands of families are struggling?
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Context: House Hansard - 228 - Oct/3/23
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)
  • Oct/3/23 3:48:20 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me begin by offering my congratulations and all the success in your new role. With respect to the hon. member's question, I will not diminish the very serious challenges that families are facing across this country. In order to address Canada's national housing crisis, we are taking a number of different measures. We are investing in affordable housing in a way that no government has over the course of my entire life. In addition, in order to contribute to the ability for builders to build more homes, we are cutting taxes and changing the way that cities build homes through the housing accelerator fund. When I compare our plan to theirs, members can trust that we will get more homes built, and that has been confirmed by finance officials at committee.
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