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House Hansard - 267

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 13, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 267 - Dec/13/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Dec/13/23 2:37:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have shown a consistent willingness and desire to work with the provinces in areas of their jurisdiction, in co-operative ways, and we are going to continue to, including on the issue of rent control. However, there is not just one way to approach the housing crisis; it is something we are doing on many fronts. It is not just the catalogue; indeed, we are building more apartments and co-ops by removing the GST on construction, and we are eliminating barriers to get more homes built faster by working directly with cities. We are helping Canadians save up for a home with the first home savings account. I know there is more to do, and we are going to continue to work with all governments to take bold action to tackle housing affordability.
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Context: House Hansard - 267 - Dec/13/23
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Dec/13/23 3:07:00 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Conservative leader has made his thinking clear by stating that the federal government should get out of the business of building affordable housing. However, we will not follow his irresponsible advice. Perhaps that is why last week his party voted against funding to build 71,000 new apartments. It also voted against more than 15,000 new homes for our most vulnerable. As the team showed last week, we will not allow the Conservatives' partisan games to undermine our efforts to provide housing for all.
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Context: House Hansard - 267 - Dec/13/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Dec/13/23 3:07:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, all those apartments have one thing in common: They do not exist. These are just more promises. Eight years ago, the Prime Minister promised to spend $87 billion on affordable housing. As a result, rents and mortgage payments doubled. Now, evictions have increased by 132% in Quebec. The main cause of homelessness is evictions after eight years of this Prime Minister. When will he recognize that creating bloated bureaucracy and driving up inflation do not help with housing?
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Context: House Hansard - 267 - Dec/13/23
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Dec/13/23 3:13:15 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I voted against an approach that has spent $87 billion on affordable housing, to double the cost of housing. He thinks that if he is expensive, he is excused for his failures. Failing is bad. Failing expensively is even worse. Our common-sense plan would require cities to permit 15% more housing, as a condition of getting their financing. Give them bonuses if they beat the target, link the dollars they get for transit to requirements for apartments around them and sell off 6,000 federal buildings and thousands of acres of federal land to build. Why can he not get behind that common-sense plan?
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