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House Hansard - 261

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 4, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 261 - Dec/4/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Dec/4/23 2:20:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, for the first time in 60 years, rents are rising faster than wages, according to the Bank of Montreal. That is the reality after eight years of this Prime Minister, who has doubled rents, doubled mortgage payments and doubled down payment requirements. Will the Prime Minister finally watch my groundbreaking, hard-hitting documentary to see a common-sense plan to get rid of the red tape and taxes and build homes people can afford?
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Context: House Hansard - 261 - Dec/4/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Dec/4/23 2:21:42 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, he clearly did not watch my common-sense documentary, which is being widely acclaimed by all. If he had, he would know the facts. Our common-sense plan would take the GST off for apartments that are affordable, below-average cost. He wants to take it off just for $10 million penthouses. We want to take the bureaucracy out of the picture so home builders can build. He has a $4 billion fund that, according to the City of Halifax, is funding more bureaucratic gatekeepers. Why will he not watch the documentary, follow the common-sense plan to get rid of the taxes and bureaucracy, and build more homes?
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Context: House Hansard - 261 - Dec/4/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Dec/4/23 2:23:03 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, here is the reality. People do not have roofs over their heads. After eight years of the Prime Minister and his housing minister of photo ops and media puff pieces, the rent has doubled, mortgage payments have doubled and down payments have doubled. In his own home province, in Halifax, they now have 30 homeless encampments. Nine out of 10 young people say that they will never be able to afford a home. What have the Liberals done? They have created a $4 billion housing accelerator that two years later has not completed a single, solitary house. Why will the Liberals not get rid of the bureaucracy and the taxes so we can bring homes Canadians can afford?
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Context: House Hansard - 261 - Dec/4/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Dec/4/23 2:24:19 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, all those homes in all those cities that he is talking about are all open concept. They have no walls, no windows, no roofs, no basements, no kitchens, no bathrooms. Other than that, they are the best homes we could imagine, and we will have to imagine them, because after eight years, they still do not exist. Instead of pouring billions of dollars into local government gatekeepers who block construction, why will he not follow my common-sense plan to require cities to boost housing construction by 15% a year or lose their money, unless they beat the target and get a building bonus? That is common sense.
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Context: House Hansard - 261 - Dec/4/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Dec/4/23 2:25:47 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the member says it is a cardinal sin. It is time for that member to make a confession. Since 2017, when they brought in this program, housing costs have doubled. Rent has doubled. Mortgage payments have doubled. The needed down payments have all doubled. My common-sense plan, which is in a 15-minute documentary he can watch between photo ops while he is being chauffeured around, would ensure that cities have to permit 15% more homes to keep their funding. It would take taxes off construction, including carbon taxes off of building materials. It would require CMHC bureaucrats to quickly approve financing or lose their bonuses and get fired. This is a common-sense plan. Why will he not get working to implement it?
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