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House Hansard - 273

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 1, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)
  • Feb/1/24 2:30:08 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, every day, we are going to do our work to make life more affordable for Canadians, including addressing the issue of food prices in our country. Of course, members will recall the introduction of the grocery rebate recently, but we are also putting forward new measures to strengthen our competition laws and are launching recruitment efforts to bring more international grocery chains into Canada, which will create competition in the market place, creating better prices for families. We are going to continue to do what we can to help people who are struggling, including implementing reforms that will help address the cost of food.
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Context: House Hansard - 273 - Feb/1/24
Mr. Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach, NDP)
  • Feb/1/24 2:50:54 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I thank the minister for that response, but it is just not good enough. Today, rent is due. A new report just came out telling Edmontonians what we already know: Rent is going up while the number of available affordable homes is going down. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister turns a blind eye as Danielle Smith sells off affordable housing just to make her rich CEO friends happy. When will the government stop catering to rich CEOs and put forward a plan to build non-market and co-op housing, so working people can afford a home?
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