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House Hansard - 277

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 7, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 277 - Feb/7/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/7/24 2:23:33 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years, this Prime Minister is not worth the cost of housing, which has doubled since he promised to make it more affordable. In fact, we have now learned that, according to Rentals.ca, rent has increased by more than 20% in two years across the country. In other words, it costs nearly $400 more. Will the Prime Minister cancel his policies that caused the crisis, stop funding the bureaucrats who are preventing construction and eliminate the deficits to lower interest rates?
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Context: House Hansard - 277 - Feb/7/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/7/24 2:27:30 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, those are the same promises he made eight years ago before he doubled housing costs. He is not worth the cost of housing, which is up 100%. In the last two years alone, according to Rentals.ca, rent is up 20% or $400 for the average family. Now we learn that construction is in free-fall, down 28% last December versus the December before. Will he stop funding bureaucracy and driving up interest rates, so we can bring homes Canadians can afford?
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Context: House Hansard - 277 - Feb/7/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/7/24 2:58:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years, the Prime Minister is not worth the cost of housing, which has doubled since he promised to lower it. Now, we have a brand new phenomenon: the middle-class homeless. In fact, according to the executive director of the Royal Canadian Legion of Nova Scotia, members of the Canadian Forces are now forced to live in tents and cars and to couch surf. There are 30 homeless encampments in Halifax after eight years of the Prime Minister. Why would the Prime Minister then plan to go ahead with a $450-a-year rent increase for our armed forces members, who are already forced to live in tents?
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Context: House Hansard - 277 - Feb/7/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/7/24 2:59:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is an outrageous non-response to the men and women who put their lives on the line for this country. He rewards them with a tent, or a couch in someone else's basement to sleep on. After eight years of this Prime Minister, there has been a 177% increase in Bagotville and a 261% increase in the wait line for military housing. Now, he plans a $450 rent increase on the people who protect our country. Should he not be ashamed of himself?
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Context: House Hansard - 277 - Feb/7/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/7/24 3:00:23 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, who honours them with a tent to live in? He honours them with a $450 increase in their rent. Before the Prime Minister, we did not have masses of military members living in tent cities. They could put a roof overhead. In fact, we did not have 30 tent cities in Halifax. We did not have two million people lined up at food banks in lines that are reminiscent of the Great Depression. We did not have young people forced to wait until age 40 to get a home. The good news is life was not like this before the Prime Minister and it will not be like this after he is gone.
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Context: House Hansard - 277 - Feb/7/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/7/24 3:01:43 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, that is what the Prime Minister has to say to the two million people lined up around street corners, clamouring for the food bank, after eight years: that things are just going great. To the people in Montreal who have seen their rent quadruple after his eight years, life is just great for them too. To the Torontonians who have to spend 25 years now saving up for a down payment on an average home, he says things are just great. How can he possibly fix the misery he caused if he cannot even realize it is right in front of his face?
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Context: House Hansard - 277 - Feb/7/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/7/24 3:12:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the New Democrats also promised affordable housing when they sold out their constituents and signed on to a coalition with the leader of the Liberals. However, since that time the rent is up well over 20% as they fund more bureaucracy to block homes and deficits that drive up interest rates, so much so that Tim Chen, a student in Vancouver, actually needs to commute to university from Calgary. Yes, he has to fly back to Calgary where he can afford the rent under a Conservative government and then fly over to Vancouver in order to study. How crazy is it that he has to commute across—
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