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Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Lib.)

Apr/8/24 2:54:14 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, obviously, next week's budget is going to build even more housing. Consider these two numbers: six and 8,000. They are clear. During his reign as minister responsible for housing, the Conservative Leader created six affordable housing units in the entire country. In recent months, we signed an agreement with the Quebec government for a total of $1.8 billion that will build 8,000 affordable housing units, in Quebec alone, over the next few years. Unfortunately, my Conservative colleagues from Quebec do not seem to be aware of the projects being carried out in their own ridings. If they would like more information, they can easily contact us.

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Context: House Hansard - 295 - Apr/8/24

Mr. Luc Berthold (Mégantic—L'Érable, CPC)

Apr/8/24 2:54:50 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, the minister must know that when the member for Carleton was minister, all housing was affordable in Canada. Now, the Liberals have doubled the cost of housing for all Canadians. Young families are losing hope of becoming homeowners, and seniors can no longer afford to pay their rent and are forced to stay in substandard housing. Some 80% of people who are due to renew their mortgage fear that they will not be able to make their payments. Again, will the Liberals show some common sense next week and announce that they are going to build housing, not just create more red tape?

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Context: House Hansard - 295 - Apr/8/24

Hon. Jean-Yves Duclos (Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Lib.)

Apr/8/24 2:55:31 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, our colleague is right. The six affordable housing units built by the opposition leader were indeed affordable. Over the past few years, we have built hundreds of thousands of affordable housing units. The construction of another 750,000 units will be accelerated over the coming years. In Quebec alone, 8,000 affordable housing units will be built in the coming months under an historic agreement, the biggest investment in housing in the history of Quebec, that we signed with the Government of Quebec.

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Hon. Anita Anand (President of the Treasury Board, Lib.)

Apr/8/24 3:00:37 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we will always be there to support Canadians, especially vulnerable Canadians, while maintaining a prudent fiscal position, including a AAA credit rating and the lowest debt-to-GDP ratio in the G7. We have been there for seniors with increases in the GIS and the OAS. We are there for school children with a national school food program. We are there for millennials and Gen Z with affordable housing and rental accommodation. On this side of the House, we know how to do prudence as well as providing for the most vulnerable in this country.

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Mr. Wilson Miao (Richmond Centre, Lib.)

Apr/8/24 3:02:26 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, young Canadians in my community of Richmond and across Canada are struggling to find housing that fits their budget. We are scaling up our efforts to build more homes and to build them faster at prices Canadians can afford. Through the housing accelerator fund, the federal government is investing over $35 million in the city of Richmond to fast-track the construction of 1,000 homes over the next three years and 3,100 homes over the next decade. Can the minister share, with my community of Richmond and communities across British Columbia, how the government is supporting housing in budget 2024?

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Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, Lib.)

Apr/8/24 3:03:06 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, let me thank my hon. colleague for his advocacy for his community, which is going to help get thousands of homes built in Richmond over the course of the next number of years. In the upcoming federal budget, we are going to continue to put measures on the table that help accelerate the pace of home building. This includes low-cost financing to add tens of thousands of new rental units. This includes additional support to help non-profits acquire housing that they will keep affordable forever. It includes new investments in affordable housing and new strategies to build homes more quickly by incentivizing home building in factories. With members like this advocating for their community, we can put a plan on the table that will solve the national housing crisis.

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Mr. Jamil Jivani (Durham, CPC)

Apr/8/24 3:03:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Durham Region is home to many millennials who dream of owning a house one day. For eight years, the Prime Minister has been promising affordable housing, yet things are only getting worse. Millennials know he is not worth the cost. The Liberal-NDP government continues to announce expensive photo ops in the lead-up to the federal budget, but we know, as millennials, that we deserve better. How can we ever believe any of these broken promises from the Liberal-NDP government again?

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