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House Hansard - 295

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 8, 2024 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 295 - Apr/8/24
Ms. Leslyn Lewis (Haldimand—Norfolk, CPC)
Mr. Speaker, Canadians cannot afford to live because of the carbon tax. Common-sense Conservatives will axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime. After eight years of the Liberal-NDP government, rent and mortgages have doubled. The Liberal-NDP government is just not worth the cost or the corruption. Will the Prime Minister commit to immediately passing Bill C-234 in its original form, cancel the carbon tax and once again make life affordable for Canadians?
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Context: House Hansard - 295 - Apr/8/24
Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)
  • Apr/8/24 2:43:36 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, it is shocking that the average Canadian family must now spend 63.5% of their total pre-tax household income in order to afford a mortgage for the typical home in Canada. It is even worse in British Columbia, where that is 106%. One hundred per cent is someone's entire income. No wonder families are in a financial crisis, where they can barely afford to live or feed themselves. This is after eight years of the NDP-Liberal government. Will the Prime Minister actually build the homes, not bureaucracy and photo ops, in his budget?
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Context: House Hansard - 295 - Apr/8/24
Mrs. Tracy Gray (Kelowna—Lake Country, CPC)
  • Apr/8/24 2:44:46 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, a heavy dose of reality is that, after eight years of the Liberal-NDP government and all its spending and photo ops, things are worse. Just today, RBC confirmed that Canada's housing crisis is only going to get worse under Liberal policies. They said that only 26% of Canadian households can afford a single detached home today. A couple of decades ago, it was 49%. The CMHC forecasts that, in 2025-26, housing starts will be even lower than they were in 2020-21. The Prime Minister is just not worth the cost or the corruption. Will the Prime Minister actually build the homes, not bureaucracy and photo ops, in his budget?
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Context: House Hansard - 295 - Apr/8/24
Mr. Blake Desjarlais (Edmonton Griesbach, NDP)
  • Apr/8/24 2:47:24 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Shahzeb is a young dad in Toronto. He feels stuck. He cannot afford to leave his parents' home. Like many Canadians, he is feeling hopeless. In Toronto alone, 85,000 people are waiting for social housing. It is because of 30 years of Liberals ignoring the problem while the gut-and-cut Conservatives lost over 800,000 affordable homes. Are the Liberals going to keep throwing money at rich developers for luxury condos, or will they start to build the social and affordable housing Canadians desperately need?
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Context: House Hansard - 295 - Apr/8/24
Hon. Jenna Sudds (Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Lib.)
  • Apr/8/24 2:53:02 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, do members know what helps moms and dads across this country afford a home? It is being able to have access to $10-a-day child care and get back into the workforce. We are seeing record numbers of women, of moms, getting back into the workforce, giving them the opportunity to contribute to their family finances and afford a safe place to live. In contrast to the Conservatives' continued fearmongering, on this side of the House we are doing the hard work to support families.
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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
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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