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House Hansard - 274

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 2, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 274 - Feb/2/24
Mr. Scott Aitchison (Parry Sound—Muskoka, CPC)
  • Feb/2/24 11:47:09 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, after eight years of this NDP-Liberal government, the doom and gloom in the housing market is worse than ever. Fewer homes were built last year than the year before. Vacancy rates are at all-time lows, and rent is at an all-time high. Instead of removing the gatekeepers who block building, the Liberals cut them big cheques. In fact, the first four photo ops the housing minister took cost Canadians $300 million. How much longer will they be cutting big cheques before a single home gets approved or even built?
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Context: House Hansard - 274 - Feb/2/24
Mr. Scott Aitchison (Parry Sound—Muskoka, CPC)
  • Feb/2/24 11:48:26 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, it is hard to take that parliamentary secretary seriously, because he knows full well that with regard to these big expensive photo ops in Mississauga and Toronto, for example, more housing than ever is getting blocked despite them. Merely weeks after the Prime Minister's $471-million photo op in Toronto, the gatekeepers there said “no” to new housing right next door to a new transit station. Mississauga got a big $113-million cheque after having blocked 17,000 units in 2023. This photo-op Prime Minister is failing Canadians. He is not worth the cost. When will this government stop buying housing photo ops and start—
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