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House Hansard - 300

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
April 16, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 300 - Apr/16/24
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Apr/16/24 2:26:17 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, when it comes to housing, Quebeckers have been cheated by this government since 2019. We represent 22% of the population, yet have received only 14% of the funding and 6% of the affordable housing. Despite all this, the housing minister is giving lessons today. He told the press that, in his opinion, the government is acting in good faith and it is the provinces that should agree to do things differently. It is the federal government that needs to do things differently. It needs to stop shortchanging Quebeckers. Is the government going to give us our fair share in housing immediately instead of lecturing everyone and playing sorcerer's apprentice with our—
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Context: House Hansard - 300 - Apr/16/24
Mr. Alain Therrien (La Prairie, BQ)
  • Apr/16/24 2:27:32 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, they are lecturing us. It is unbelievable. This is the same government that has exacerbated the current housing crisis. It lost control of immigration and has not given Quebec money for housing. This is the same government that gave us ArriveCAN, that is incapable of printing passports, that is incapable of paying its own employees with Phoenix. We cannot make this stuff up. These geniuses are telling the provinces to act in good faith and do things differently. Does the government understand that the only thing that needs to be done differently is for these geniuses to mind their own business and give money to Quebec?
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