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House Hansard - 282

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 14, 2024 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/14/24 2:36:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, obviously the relevant authorities need to follow up on this and get to the bottom of exactly how this unacceptable situation happened. In the meantime, on this side of the House, we are going to continue to focus on making life more affordable for Canadians, for example by attracting thousands of health care workers by increasing by 50% student loan forgiveness for rural doctors and nurses, by fast-tracking the construction of more than 51,000 homes, and by finalizing the housing accelerator agreements with over 60 small and rural communities. While the Conservative Party continues to block these initiatives, we are going to continue to step up for Canadians.
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Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/14/24 3:04:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition just proved that he does not even understand the programs he is proposing to abolish. Yes, we are investing $4 billion in municipalities across the country to speed up densification and housing construction and cut red tape in order to build more homes faster. That is exactly what we are doing. We are creating opportunities. More than half a million homes will be built in the next few years. The Leader of the Opposition is proposing to abolish everything because he only cares about cuts.
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Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/14/24 3:08:01 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, after eight years, the Prime Minister is not worth the cost of housing, which has doubled as he has built bureaucracies that block homes. In January, according data out today, rent was up 10% year over year to $2,196, an astonishing increase in a very short time. In fact, it is up about 20% in the last two years alone, and it has been accelerating ever since he recently named his incompetent housing minister. Will the Prime Minister follow our common-sense plan to cut the bureaucracy and build the homes?
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Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/14/24 3:08:41 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canadians know that cuts from the Conservative leader would not get more homes built. If he were really concerned about rents, he would line up behind us and support the removal of the GST on new apartment construction. That is something they actually voted against. We know that unlocking a greater supply of housing, including with purpose-built apartment buildings across the country, is a way of bringing down rents for people. That is a concrete solution we put forward that the Conservatives chose to vote against for political gain and for political reasons. We are going to continue to be there to do the hard work of delivering for Canadians, while he relies on catchy slogans and misunderstanding of what it is he is choosing to cut.
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Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/14/24 3:09:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we were the ones who proposed taking the tax off home building, the one good idea that he finally copied. However, the Prime Minister talks about slogans. One is the housing accelerator fund, the $4-billion program that was supposed to speed up housing. We asked the housing minister yesterday in committee how many homes it had completed, and the answer is zero, nada and nothing. He said, “It doesn't actually lead to the construction of specific homes.” It cost $4 billion to build zero homes. How much would it cost to build one?
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Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Hon. Pierre Poilievre (Leader of the Opposition, CPC)
  • Feb/14/24 3:10:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, we have seen $4 billion, 35 photo ops, one minister and zero homes. The minister not only says the program does not build homes, but he also says it does not lead to the construction of homes. He could not point to one development that had actually been completed. The Liberals have been in power for eight years and they cannot get anything built. When will they get the bureaucracy and the taxes out of the way so we can build the homes?
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Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Right Hon. Justin Trudeau (Prime Minister, Lib.)
  • Feb/14/24 3:11:22 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the only tool that the Leader of the Conservative Party has put forward is cutting: cutting programs in order to somehow create more homes. What we are actually doing is investing, in partnership with municipalities, to eliminate red tape, to accelerate the construction of homes, to increase densification and to change zoning so that more houses can be built. If he wants to talk about a number, half a million new homes are being facilitated by the housing accelerator fund right across the country. We have signed these over the past months. Construction is already under way across the country.
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Context: House Hansard - 282 - Feb/14/24
Hon. Bardish Chagger (Waterloo, Lib.)
  • Feb/14/24 4:41:00 p.m.
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Madam Speaker, I have two petitions today. The first is regarding float homes in Ontario and making sure they are classified the way they should be. I have presented similar petitions twice in the past. It is something that constituents within the riding of Waterloo and surrounding areas, depending on where they cottage and so forth, are very concerned with. It is a matter of great importance to them and if it matters to them, it clearly matters to me as the member of Parliament for Waterloo. The petitioners look forward to a response from the Government of Canada on a way forward, and they are more than willing to work with the government to make this happen.
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